A conversation with Prof. Angela Belcher: Leader in biotemplated nanomaterials

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1508-1512

  Weiss, Paul S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIRUSES;

EID: 51849140958     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800486b     Document Type: Article

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