High field 27Al ENDOR reveals the coordination mode of Cu2+ in low Si/Al zeolites

Patrick J Carl1, David E W Vaughan, Daniella Goldfarb

  • 1Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100.

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