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Advanced Materials for Biomedical Applications, Editorial Article
René D Peralta-Rodríguez1, Esmeralda Mendoza-Mendoza2,3,4, Ioannis L Liakos5
1Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna No. 140, Col. San José de los Cerritos, Saltillo 25294, Mexico.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 10, 2024
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Advanced materials (AMs) encompass materials that feature improved properties compared to common counterparts [...].
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