Metal-organic frameworks as second-order nonlinear optical materials
- Corresponding author: Zhigang GU, zggu@fjirsm.ac.cn
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Xiaobao LI, Chengjun ZHANG, Linzhi HUANG, Limei CHANG, Zhigang GU. Metal-organic frameworks as second-order nonlinear optical materials[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
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