Flexible nanovectors

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 47, 2008, Pages

  Pugno, Nicola M ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ADHESIVE FORCES; HIERARCHICAL MODELS; HIGH FLEXIBILITIES; LIMITING CASES; LIQUID DROPS; MULTIPLE STAGES; NEW CONCEPTS; SIZE AND SHAPES; VASCULATURE;

ADHESION;

EID: 58149301607     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/47/474205     Document Type: Article

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