Recent advances in speciation analysis of mercury, arsenic and selenium

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-161

  Yin, YongGuang ^a   Liu, JingFu ^a   Jiang, GuiBin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

air slot nanocavity; arsenic; atomic spectrometry photonic crystal slab; chromatographic separation; mercury; mode gap; quality factor; selenium; speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872660757     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5497-0     Document Type: Review

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