Comparison of homochiral and racemic polymorphs of a spin-crossover iron(Ⅱ) complex
- Corresponding author: Zishuo YAO, zishuoyao@bit.edu.cn Jun TAO, taojun@bit.edu.cn
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Jingsong WANG, Luyao WANG, Jiesheng HU, Yuxiao CHEN, Kaige GAO, Zishuo YAO, Jun TAO. Comparison of homochiral and racemic polymorphs of a spin-crossover iron(Ⅱ) complex[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
;2026, 42(11): 2326-2334.
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10.11862/CJIC.20260119
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