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Title: Detector-Free Photothermal Bar-Chart Microfluidic Chips (PT-Chips) for Visual Quantitative Detection of Biomarkers
Award ID(s):
2052347 1953841
NSF-PAR ID:
10311990
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Analytical Chemistry
Volume:
93
Issue:
21
ISSN:
0003-2700
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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