Physical autocatalysis driven by a bond-forming thiol-ene reaction

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bissette, Andrew J ^a   Odell, Barbara ^a   Fletcher, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT; THIOL;

AGGREGATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOCATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MICELLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84907352719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5607     Document Type: Article

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