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An Alternative Approach for Sample Preparation with Low Cell Number for TEM Analysis
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Published on: October 12, 2016

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Fernando Maya1, Carlos Palomino Cabello1, Milad Ghani1,2

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Journal of Separation Science
|October 7, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
layered double hydroxidesmetal-organic frameworksporous carbonssample preparationsilicates

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