Reinventing chemistry

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3196-3209

  Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Chemistry; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027922347     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410884     Document Type: Review

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