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Experimental Approaches for the Synthesis of Low-Valent Metal-Organic Frameworks from Multitopic Phosphine Linkers
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The future of metal-organic frameworks
1School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, UK NG7 2RD. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|September 3, 2011
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A personal perspective recognising the developments in the field of metal-organic frameworks, of where the challenges currently lie and the opportunities that are on the horizon.
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