Detection of phosphorus species in water: technology and strategies

Hongwei Chen1, Linlu Zhao, Fabiao Yu

  • 1State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China. duql@jlu.edu.cn.

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