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Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed from heterotrinuclear coordination units and

Yonghui Wang1, Björn Bredenkötter, Bernhard Rieger

  • 1Institute of Materials and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm, D-89081, Germany. dirk.volkmer@uni-ulm.de.

Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
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