Schematic Representation of the Use of Porous Iron Carboxylate for the Controled Delivery of Nitric (IMAGE)

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Schematic Representation of the Use of Porous Iron Carboxylate for the Controled Delivery of Nitric

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Left: The crystal structure of a porous iron carboxylate MOF (iron octahedra, oxygen, carbon and hydrogen atoms are in green, red, black and white, respectively); Center: Binding of a NO molecule over an iron site; Right: Kinetics of delivery of NO (inset at the biological level) triggered by water

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Serre/Institut Lavoisier

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