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Title: Hollow‐Structured Materials for Thermal Insulation

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  1. Department of Chemistry Temple University 1901 North 13th Street Philadelphia PA 19122 USA
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Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
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Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 31 Journal Issue: 38; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
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Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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Germany
Language:
English

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Hu, Feng, Wu, Siyu, and Sun, Yugang. Hollow‐Structured Materials for Thermal Insulation. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201801001.
Hu, Feng, Wu, Siyu, & Sun, Yugang. Hollow‐Structured Materials for Thermal Insulation. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801001
Hu, Feng, Wu, Siyu, and Sun, Yugang. Wed . "Hollow‐Structured Materials for Thermal Insulation". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801001.
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