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Microfluidic On-chip Capture-cycloaddition Reaction to Reversibly Immobilize Small Molecules or Multi-component Structures for Biosensor Applications
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Microfluidic On-chip Capture-cycloaddition Reaction to Reversibly Immobilize Small Molecules or Multi-component Structures for Biosensor Applications

Published on: September 24, 2013

General treatment of competitive binding of small molecules to macromolecules as applied to dynamic dialysis:

P V Pedersen

    Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    |July 1, 1978
    PubMed

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