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Nanoscale separation of molecular species based on their rotational mobility

Ilaria Testa1, Andreas Schönle, Claas von Middendorff

  • 1Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

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|December 10, 2008
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