Synthesis and materialization of a reaction-diffusion French flag pattern

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 990-996

  Zadorin, Anton S ^a,b   Rondelez, Yannick ^c,d   Gines, Guillaume ^c   Dilhas, Vadim ^a,b   Urtel, Georg ^e   Zambrano, Adrian ^a,b   Galas, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Estevez Torres, André ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 85029759237     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2770     Document Type: Article

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