Microfluidic reactors for small molecule and nanomaterial synthesis

Handbook of Capillary and Microchip Electrophoresis and Associated Microtechniques, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1185-1204

  DeMello, Andrew J ^a   Cullen, Christopher J ^a   Fortt, Robin ^a   Wootton, Robert C R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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