Metallic clusters: Theoretical background, properties and synthesis in microemulsions

Catalysts

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-374

  Buceta, David ^a   Piñeiro, Yolanda ^a   Vázquez Vázquez, Carlos ^a   Rivas, José ^a   López Quintela, Manuel Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic quantum clusters; Catalysis; Microemulsions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922222903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal4040356     Document Type: Review

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