Biological and biomimetic materials and surfaces

Stanislav Gorb and Thomas Speck
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 403–407. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.42

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Biological and biomimetic materials and surfaces
Stanislav Gorb and Thomas Speck
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 403–407. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.42

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Gorb, S.; Speck, T. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 403–407. doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.42

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