- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10230370
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Dalton Transactions
- Volume:
- 50
- Issue:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 1477-9226
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 2233 to 2242
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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