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EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 995-999

  Rinaldi, Andrea ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMIMICRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PLANTS;

EID: 35748971777     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401107     Document Type: Article

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