journal article·2026-11

Physical confinement dominates the stabilization of maya blue-type pigments: Experimental and computational insights from a thioindigo analogue

Guanzheng Zhuang, Xiaofang Li, Chi Zhang, Meiyi Li, Bin Xiao, Meiqing Chen, Weirui Chen, Maguy Jaber, Francisco Rodrigues

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