Vacuum‐Dried Robust Bridged Silsesquioxane Aerogels. (20th June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Zhen; Dai, Zhen; Wu, Junjie; Zhao, Ning; Xu, Jian
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 25:Number 32(2013)
• Page Start: 4494
• Page End: 4497
• Publication Date: 2013-06-20
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201301617
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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