Nature Inspired Hay Fever Therapy

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-339

  Sommer, Andrei P ^a   Zhu, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; biomimetic triangle; crystalline interfacial water layers; diamond; elastin; light

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMIMETICS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIAMONDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRIANGULATION;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; BIO SYSTEMS; CARBON NANOCRYSTALS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CRYSTALLINE INTERFACIAL WATER LAYERS; DEGRANULATION; ELASTIN; END PRODUCTS; FACIAL REJUVENATIONS; HAY FEVERS; LASER LIGHTS; MAST CELLS; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESSES; PREBIOTIC; SOLAR LIGHTS; VISIBLE LIGHTS;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 58049182736     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60178-X     Document Type: Article

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