Lability of metal complexes at spherical sensors. Dynamic voltammetric measurements

Angela Molina1, Francisco Martínez-Ortiz, Eduardo Laborda

  • 1Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Murcia, Espinardo 30100, Murcia, Spain. amolina@um.es

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