Self-arrangement of nanoparticles toward crystalline metal oxides with high surface areas and tunable 3D mesopores

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lee, Hyung Ik ^a   Lee, Yoon Yun ^b   Kang, Dong Uk ^a   Lee, Kirim ^a   Kwon, Young Uk ^a,b   Kim, Ji Man ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84959010906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21496     Document Type: Article

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