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Maria Guix1, Carmen C Mayorga-Martinez, Arben Merkoçi
1Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group, Institut Català de Nanosciencia i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), UAB Campus, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Chemical Reviews
|May 16, 2014
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