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Zunzhen Ming1, Xin Hua1, Yuan Xue1

  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130# Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, PR China.

Colloids and Surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
|May 11, 2018
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Keywords:
Cell adhesionPhotoswitchSelf-assembled monolayerSurface regenerationVisible light response

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