Ligand Engineering in Metal Nanoclusters: from Structural Control to Functional Modulation
- Corresponding author: Quan-Ming WANG, qmwang@tsinghua.edu.cn
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Zong-Jie GUAN, Quan-Ming WANG. Ligand Engineering in Metal Nanoclusters: from Structural Control to Functional Modulation[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry,
;2020, 39(7): 1194-1200.
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10.14102/j.cnki.0254–5861.2011–2928
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