- Award ID(s):
- 1719875
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10325437
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Nanoscale Advances
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 10
- ISSN:
- 2516-0230
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 2802 to 2811
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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