The effect of nano confinement on the C-H activation and its corresponding structure-activity relationship

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shao, Jing ^a   Yuan, Linghua ^a   Hu, Xingbang ^a   Wu, Youting ^a   Zhang, Zhibing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84947741200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07225     Document Type: Article

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