Templated growth of platinum nanowheels using the inhomogeneous reaction environment of bicelles

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COVER ARTICLE Song, Shelnutt et al. Templated growth of platinum nanowheels using the inhomogeneous reaction environment of bicelles HOT ARTICLE Zhao et al. Di-lanthanide encapsulated into large fullerene C 100 : a DFT survey 4846

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