Mesocrystals: inorganic superstructures made by highly parallel crystallization and controlled alignment.

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Published in Angew Chem Int Ed Engl on September 05, 2005

Authors

Helmut Cölfen1, Markus Antonietti

Author Affiliations

1: Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Colloid Chemistry, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. Coelfen@mpikg.mpg.de

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