Modulation of microporous/mesoporous structures in self-templated cobalt-silica

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Martens, Dana L ^a,b   Wang, David K ^a   Motuzas, Julius ^a   Smart, Simon ^a,b   Da Costa, João C Diniz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Melbourne   (Australia)

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EID: 84928882918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07970     Document Type: Article

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