Introductory lecture: Mechanochemistry, a versatile synthesis strategy for new materials

Faraday Discussions

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-34

  Jones, William ^a   Eddleston, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84912091499     PISSN: 13596640     EISSN: 13645498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4fd00162a     Document Type: Review

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