A wheel-shaped gallium-sulfide molecular ring with enhanced photocatalytic activity via indium alloying

Abstract

Wheel-shaped molecular rings are one of the most striking types of molecular aggregations due to their naturally aesthetically appealing architecture, giant size and interesting physical properties and potential applications. Meanwhile,...

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