Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 262-265 , September 2008

Switching in of Ac-(Ala)10-NHMe at a solid surface

  • Mark J. Biggs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute for Materials and Processes, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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  • Milan Mijajlovic, BEng

Received 10 December 2007 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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 M.M. thanks the University of Edinburgh and Oversees Research Support (ORS) Scheme for financial support. M.J.B. thanks the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Leverhulme Trust for the award of a RAEng/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship.

PII: S1549-9634(08)00043-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.03.008

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 262-265 , September 2008

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