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Interfacial Systems Chemistry: Towards the Remote Control of Surface Properties
Article first published online: 2 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902974
Copyright © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Wöll, C. (2009), Interfacial Systems Chemistry: Towards the Remote Control of Surface Properties. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 8406–8408. doi: 10.1002/anie.200902974
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- Issue published online: 20 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 2 OCT 2009
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Keywords:
- azo compounds;
- interfaces;
- monolayers;
- surface chemistry

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