Methane hydrate formation in confined nanospace can surpass nature

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Casco, Mirian E ^a   Silvestre Albero, Joaquín ^a   Ramírez Cuesta, Anibal J ^b   Rey, Fernando ^c   Jordá, Jose L ^c   Bansode, Atul ^d   Urakawa, Atsushi ^d   Peral, Inma ^e   Martínez Escandell, Manuel ^a   Kaneko, Katsumi ^f   Rodríguez Reinoso, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^e ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PERMAFROST; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPORE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84923882007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7432     Document Type: Article

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