Nano-Bio-Genesis: Tracing the rise of nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology as 'big science'

Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Kulkarni, Rajan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548748682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5333-2-3     Document Type: Article

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