The 'right' size in nanobiotechnology

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1161-1165

  Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVICE; MATERIAL STATE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

BIOMIMETICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDICS; MINIATURIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0141765891     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt872     Document Type: Review

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