I. On Hornet Silk as a Photodetector: Considerations of Current, Voltage and Resistance

Physiological Chemistry and Physics and Medical NMR

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-108

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Barenholz Paniry, Vered ^a   Bitler, Arkady ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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