A simple surfactant‐free route for preparation of flower‐like crystals of CoS with hierarchitectures. Issue 12 (18th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qi, Kezhen; Yu, Ji; Chen, Ke
• Is Part Of: Crystal research and technology. Volume 48:Issue 12(2013:Dec.)
• Page Start: 1083
• Page End: 1086
• Publication Date: 2013-11-18
• Subjects: Crystallography -- Periodicals; 548
• DOI: 10.1002/crat.201300282
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0232-1300

Abstract

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