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Stuart G Campbell1, Sarah N Flaim, Chae H Leem

  • 1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|July 3, 2008
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