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Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled Metal-Organic Framework Monolayers Using Polymer-Coated Particles
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Dipole amplification: a principle for the self-assembly of asymmetric monomers on metal surfaces
Owain P H Vaughan1, Ali Alavi, Federico J Williams
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|February 22, 2008
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