Carbon nanotubes and graphene in analytical sciences

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Pérez López, Briza ^a,b   Merkoçi, Arben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LEITAT TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry; Biosensors; Carbon nanotubes; Graphene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864780429     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-012-0871-9     Document Type: Review

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