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Tatsukichi Watanabe1, Sojiro Kumura1, Shunsuke Kimura2,3,4

  • 1Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.

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概括

这项研究使用新的脂质/聚合物膜来增强甜味传感器. 优化的膜显示出超过20%的敏感性和选择性增加,用于检测糖,帮助食品质量控制.

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