Construction of biomimetic smart nanochannels for confined water

National Science Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-156

  Wen, Liping ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Confined water; Micro nano structures; Nanochannel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919778380     PISSN: 20955138     EISSN: 2053714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwt001     Document Type: Review

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