Shape and size selective synthesis of gold nanostructures for biomedical applications

Controlled Nanofabrication: Advances and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 191-246

  Ivan, Baginskiy ^a   Liu, Ru Shi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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DOI: 10.4032/9789814364515     Document Type: Chapter

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