Inclusion properties of volatile organic compounds in a calixarene-based organic zeolite

Loredana Erra1, Consiglia Tedesco, Ivano Immediata

  • 1Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, via Ponte don Melillo, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy.

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