Principles and Methods for the Rational Design of Core-Shell Nanoparticle Catalysts with Ultralow Noble Metal Loadings

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1054-1062

  Hunt, Sean T ^a   Román Leshkov, Yuriy ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 85047185702     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00510     Document Type: Article

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