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Synthesis of Zeolites Using the ADOR (Assembly-Disassembly-Organization-Reassembly) Route
Published on: April 3, 2016
How van der Waals bonds orient molecules in zeolites
E Kemner1, I M de Schepper, G J Kearley
1Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Mekelweg 15 2629 JB, Delft, The Netherlands. kemner@iri.tudelft.nl
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
We show that weak bonds are responsible for the way a molecule is held in a zeolite, and for its reactivity.
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