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Title: Nanoparticle tracking analysis and statistical mixture distribution analysis to quantify nanoparticle–vesicle binding
Award ID(s):
2001611
NSF-PAR ID:
10316872
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume:
615
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0021-9797
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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