Catalytic nanomotors for environmental monitoring and water remediation

Self-propelled nanomotors hold considerable promise for developing innovative environmental applications.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Nanoscale

• Publication date

  2014-04-22

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1039/c4nr01321bPMID 24752489PMCID 4080807
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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