Higher Symmetry Multinuclear Clusters of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Highly Selective CO

Jingjing Jiang1, Zhiyong Lu2, Mingxing Zhang1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , China.

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