Novel fluorescent carbonic nanomaterials for sensing and imaging

Methods and Applications in Fluorescence

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Demchenko, Alexander P ^a   Dekaliuk, Mariia O ^a  

^a PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

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EID: 84904105264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/1/4/042001     Document Type: Review

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