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Kinetic Control of High-Pressure Solid-State Phase Transitions : A Case Study on l-Serine. / Fisch, Martin; Lanza, Arianna; Boldyreva, Elena et al.

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 119, No. 32, 17.07.2015, p. 18611-18617.

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Fisch, M, Lanza, A, Boldyreva, E, Macchi, P & Casati, N 2015, 'Kinetic Control of High-Pressure Solid-State Phase Transitions: A Case Study on l-Serine', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 119, no. 32, pp. 18611-18617. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05838

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Fisch, M., Lanza, A., Boldyreva, E., Macchi, P., & Casati, N. (2015). Kinetic Control of High-Pressure Solid-State Phase Transitions: A Case Study on l-Serine. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(32), 18611-18617. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05838

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Fisch M, Lanza A, Boldyreva E, Macchi P, Casati N. Kinetic Control of High-Pressure Solid-State Phase Transitions: A Case Study on l-Serine. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2015 Jul 17;119(32):18611-18617. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05838

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Fisch, Martin ; Lanza, Arianna ; Boldyreva, Elena et al. / Kinetic Control of High-Pressure Solid-State Phase Transitions : A Case Study on l-Serine. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2015 ; Vol. 119, No. 32. pp. 18611-18617.

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