Pick-up, transport and release of a molecular cargo using a small-molecule robotic arm

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 138-143

  Kassem, Salma ^a   Lee, Alan T L ^a   Leigh, David A ^a   Markevicius, Augustinas ^a   Solà, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84955494592     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2410     Document Type: Article

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