The design of a low-cost 3D printed flow cell for synchrotron computed microtomography

Liam Perera1, Peter Garland1, Caroline Kirk2

  • 1Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.

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