Remote-controlled experiments with cloud chemistry

Ryan A. Skilton; Richard A. Bourne; Zacharias Amara; Raphael Horvath; Jing Jin; Michael J. Scully; Emilia Streng; Samantha L.Y. Tang; Peter A. Summers; Jiawei Wang; Eduardo Pérez; Nigist Asfaw; Guilherme L.P. Aydos; Jairton Dupont; Gurbuz Comak; Michael W. George; Martyn Poliakoff

doi:10.1038/nchem.2143

Remote-controlled experiments with cloud chemistry

Ryan A. Skilton, Richard A. Bourne, Zacharias Amara, Raphael Horvath, Jing Jin, Michael J. Scully, Emilia Streng, Samantha L.Y. Tang, Peter A. Summers, Jiawei Wang, Eduardo Pérez, Nigist Asfaw, Guilherme L.P. Aydos, Jairton Dupont, Gurbuz Comak, Michael W. George, Martyn Poliakoff

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Chemistry
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2143
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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