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Jörg Henzl1, Konrad Boom, Karina Morgenstern

  • 1Abteilung für Atomare und Molekulare Strukturen (ATMOS), Institut für Festkörperphysik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstr. 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 31, 2013
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