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Water-assisted purification during electron beam-induced deposition of platinum and gold

  • Cristiano Glessi,
  • Fabian A. Polman and
  • Cornelis W. Hagen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 884–896, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.73

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  • precursor MeCpPtMe3. As a water precursor MgSO4·7H2O was used. The purification during deposition led to a decrease of the carbon-to-gold ratio (in atom %) from 2.8 to 0.5 and a decrease of the carbon-to-platinum ratio (in atom %) from 6–7 to 0.2. The purification was done in a regular scanning electron
  • carbon matrix [15][17][18]. Variation of deposition conditions [15] and post-deposition purifications [18][19][20][21] have all led to an increased Pt content in the deposits, but a straightforward method of obtaining pure material is still a challenge. However, Shawrav et al. [22] managed to deposit
  • exposure) led to the purification of a 40 nm thick bottom layer of the deposit [37][38]. Fully post-deposition-purified FEBID structures were reported by Seewald et al. [4], who deposited three-dimensional hollow cones of moderate thickness, which were purified using an e-beam-assisted post-deposition
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Published 18 Jul 2024

The effect of age on the attachment ability of stick insects (Phasmatodea)

  • Marie Grote,
  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Thies H. Büscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 867–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.72

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  • , and reduced inflation led to larger contact area and increased adhesive performance [43]. As the inflation is achieved by an increased hemolymph pressure in the pads of S. aeta, a decline in hemolymph supply to the pads would reduce inflation. The strong extent of deflation visible in these pads might
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Published 15 Jul 2024

Green synthesis of biomass-derived carbon quantum dots for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

  • Dalia Chávez-García,
  • Mario Guzman,
  • Viridiana Sanchez and
  • Rubén D. Cadena-Nava

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 755–766, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.63

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  • absence of any hydrolyzing agent (urea) or acidic compound (nitric acid). This led to poor degradation of organic matter, resulting in relatively large carbon structures (over 100 nm) as it was shown in Figure 4, which does not correspond to the size range of a CQD. Nevertheless, when these samples were
  • achieved. We found that optimized synthesis parameters led to CQDs with diverse chemical characteristics. Notably, samples derived from grape pomace and watermelon peels synthesized with nitric acid, exhibited superior catalytic activity in methylene blue degradation, along with enhanced luminescence and
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Published 25 Jun 2024

Reduced subthreshold swing in a vertical tunnel FET using a low-work-function live metal strip and a low-k material at the drain

  • Kalai Selvi Kanagarajan and
  • Dhanalakshmi Krishnan Sadhasivan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 713–718, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.59

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  • ); tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET); Introduction Rapid miniaturization of electronic devices has led to an increase in leakage current. Leakage current is a big challenge in miniaturized circuits. Miniaturization, at the same time, increased the device performance and reduced the area occupied by the
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Published 19 Jun 2024

Gold nanomakura: nanoarchitectonics and their photothermal response in association with carrageenan hydrogels

  • Nabojit Das,
  • Vikas,
  • Akash Kumar,
  • Sanjeev Soni and
  • Raja Gopal Rayavarapu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 678–693, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.56

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  • can be seen differential UPD of AgNO3 along with the micellar structure arrangement of the surfactant which led to the generation of nanomakura-shaped nanoparticles. Seed-mediated and seedless synthesis of gold nanorods (AuNRs) In this experiment, two different approaches were adopted for synthesizing
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Published 07 Jun 2024

Laser synthesis of nanoparticles in organic solvents – products, reactions, and perspectives

  • Theo Fromme,
  • Sven Reichenberger,
  • Katharine M. Tibbetts and
  • Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 638–663, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.54

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  • physical synthesis method. Moreover, the irradiation of pure organic solvents with femtosecond or picosecond radiation led to the formation of numerous products induced by the intense conditions, which can be attributed to laser-induced optical breakdown and/or shockwaves. The optical breakdown of the
  • without an oxide shell. A moderate oxidation was found for the ethanol–water mixture, leading to oxide crescents on the nanoparticle surface; nitrogen-saturated ethanol led to scarcely oxidized AuFe nanoparticles. However, it has to be noted that the addition of such agents influences the ablation
  • propionitrile or butyronitrile, however, led to the formation of regular (heteroatom-free) graphitic carbon shells. Begildayeva et al. attributed this behavior to the high availability of the CN− moiety in acetonitrile after decomposition, while the decomposition of nitriles with longer chains leads to the
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Published 05 Jun 2024

Radiofrequency enhances drug release from responsive nanoflowers for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

  • Yanyan Wen,
  • Ningning Song,
  • Yueyou Peng,
  • Weiwei Wu,
  • Qixiong Lin,
  • Minjie Cui,
  • Rongrong Li,
  • Qiufeng Yu,
  • Sixue Wu,
  • Yongkang Liang,
  • Wei Tian and
  • Yanfeng Meng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 569–579, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.49

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  • above suspension for 3 min. The resulting mixture was subsequently sonicated for 4 h. Under the effect of TEA, the hydroxy groups on CUR and HPS became activated and replaced the chlorine atoms on HCCP, which led to the coassembly of the coating structure on the surface of Fe3O4 NCs. The generated CUR
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Published 22 May 2024

Directed growth of quinacridone chains on the vicinal Ag(35 1 1) surface

  • Niklas Humberg,
  • Lukas Grönwoldt and
  • Moritz Sokolowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 556–568, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.48

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  • the higher temperature of 400 K has led to the preferred formation of the three chain orientations A, C, and E, which are thermodynamically more stable than the orientations B and D. Deposition at 500 K Last, we discuss the structure of QA after deposition at 500 K. From our previous work regarding QA
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Published 21 May 2024

Electron-induced deposition using Fe(CO)4MA and Fe(CO)5 – effect of MA ligand and process conditions

  • Hannah Boeckers,
  • Atul Chaudhary,
  • Petra Martinović,
  • Amy V. Walker,
  • Lisa McElwee-White and
  • Petra Swiderek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 500–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.45

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  • with more than 90 atom % Fe were obtained [19], presumably related to electron beam heating effects. However, attempts to purify deposits with initial Fe contents of only 40 atom % by annealing up to 700 °C led to phase segregation into a highly pure and crystalline Fe phase and a carbonaceous material
  • when further Fe(CO)5 was dosed without electron irradiation onto a seed deposit produced by EBID and held at room temperature [27]. A control experiment in which the same amount of Fe(CO)5 was dosed directly onto the Ta substrate without EBID seed layer, however, led to much smaller FeLMM signals [27
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Published 08 May 2024

Sidewall angle tuning in focused electron beam-induced processing

  • Sangeetha Hari,
  • Willem F. van Dorp,
  • Johannes J. L. Mulders,
  • Piet H. F. Trompenaars,
  • Pieter Kruit and
  • Cornelis W. Hagen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 447–456, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.40

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  • the etching takes place is unknown. It was noticed that a small change in the pressure of water vapour led to a significant change in the etching rate, suggesting that the process is gas-limited (see Supporting Information File 1, section S3). The role of diffusion could therefore be significant. The
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Published 23 Apr 2024

Potential of a deep eutectic solvent in silver nanoparticle fabrication for antibiotic residue detection

  • Le Hong Tho,
  • Bui Xuan Khuyen,
  • Ngoc Xuan Dat Mai and
  • Nhu Hoa Thi Tran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 426–434, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.38

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  • . The similarities between Ag NPs and Au NPs, with the higher LSPR and SERS performance of Ag NPs [18][31], led to the innovative idea of Ag NPs synthesis in DESs. In this work, we present a novel strategy to fabricate Ag NPs and demonstrate our hypothesis about the application of DESs in stabilizing Ag
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Published 16 Apr 2024

Investigating ripple pattern formation and damage profiles in Si and Ge induced by 100 keV Ar+ ion beam: a comparative study

  • Indra Sulania,
  • Harpreet Sondhi,
  • Tanuj Kumar,
  • Sunil Ojha,
  • G R Umapathy,
  • Ambuj Mishra,
  • Ambuj Tripathi,
  • Richa Krishna,
  • Devesh Kumar Avasthi and
  • Yogendra Kumar Mishra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 367–375, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.33

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  • observed for Si. This further confirms that the near surface region of Si, amorphized to form better ripple patterns in Si as compared to Ge, may be due to the overlap of the collision cascade which led to more defect formation [41]. Rutherford backscattering results The RBS technique was used to determine
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Published 05 Apr 2024

Nanomedicines against Chagas disease: a critical review

  • Maria Jose Morilla,
  • Kajal Ghosal and
  • Eder Lilia Romero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 333–349, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.30

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  • therapeutic response, were detected [22]. This finding led to the assumption that in adults the BNZ treatment could be overdosed. Unlike adults, children show few ADRs; therefore, the existence of a potential direct correlation between drug concentration and the incidence of ADRs was suggested. Data from
  • successfully develop nanomedicines, disease-led rather than formulation-led design is essential [141]. In treatments performed with intravenous nanomedicines, hydrodynamic diameter (much larger than that of a low-molecular-weight drug) and surface nature, are critical to maximize the access to target sites
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Published 27 Mar 2024

Ultrasensitive and ultrastretchable metal crack strain sensor based on helical polydimethylsiloxane

  • Shangbi Chen,
  • Dewen Liu,
  • Weiwei Chen,
  • Huajiang Chen,
  • Jiawei Li and
  • Jinfang Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 270–278, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.25

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  • and a light-emitting diode (LED). When a tensile strain is applied, the light emitted by the LED is modulated by the strain sensor. The LED rapidly switched off when the sensor surpassed the critical strain threshold of the target. The switch-off of the LED could serve as an alarm signal, and the
  • of the temperature. (b) The relative resistance change varies with the external temperature. (c) The different brightness of an LED as alarm signal. Inset: the LED in series with the strain sensor. Schematic illustration of the fabrication process of the metal crack strain sensor based on helical
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Published 01 Mar 2024

Quantitative wear evaluation of tips based on sharp structures

  • Ke Xu and
  • Houwen Leng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 230–241, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.22

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  • scanning, the tip diameter at a set point of 0.2 approached the initial diameter of the probe at the set point of 0.6. This led to the conclusion that the wear of the tip at a higher set point was less, which might be due to the larger initial diameter of the tip. Table 1 summarizes the effects of the
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Published 14 Feb 2024

Graphene removal by water-assisted focused electron-beam-induced etching – unveiling the dose and dwell time impact on the etch profile and topographical changes in SiO2 substrates

  • Aleksandra Szkudlarek,
  • Jan M. Michalik,
  • Inés Serrano-Esparza,
  • Zdeněk Nováček,
  • Veronika Novotná,
  • Piotr Ozga,
  • Czesław Kapusta and
  • José María De Teresa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 190–198, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.18

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  • unconventional strong electron–electron interactions, present in superlattices formed in twisted bilayered and trilayered graphene, led to the emergence of a new field called “twistronics” – just to highlight recent remarkable discoveries such as superconductivity [2][3], topological phases [4][5], and the
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Published 07 Feb 2024

Enhanced feedback performance in off-resonance AFM modes through pulse train sampling

  • Mustafa Kangül,
  • Navid Asmari,
  • Santiago H. Andany,
  • Marcos Penedo and
  • Georg E. Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 134–143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.13

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  • led to a significant increase in the achievable ORT frequency [24]. The other speed-limiting factor is the snap-off ringing of the cantilever, especially for applications in air and vacuum [27]. Although this physical phenomenon can be used to extract material properties [28], it slows down the
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Published 01 Feb 2024

Assessing phytotoxicity and tolerance levels of ZnO nanoparticles on Raphanus sativus: implications for widespread adoptions

  • Pathirannahalage Sahan Samuditha,
  • Nadeesh Madusanka Adassooriya and
  • Nazeera Salim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 115–125, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.11

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  • (Chl-b), total chlorophylls, carotenoids, and antioxidants by 24.7%, 58.5%, 38.0%, 42.2%, 39.9%, 11.2%, and 7.7%, respectively. Interestingly, this dose had no impact on the indole acetic acid (IAA) content. Conversely, the use of 2,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs in the same medium led to a significant reduction
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Published 23 Jan 2024

Development and characterization of potential larvicidal nanoemulsions against Aedes aegypti

  • Jonatas L. Duarte,
  • Leonardo Delello Di Filippo,
  • Anna Eliza Maciel de Faria Mota Oliveira,
  • Rafael Miguel Sábio,
  • Gabriel Davi Marena,
  • Tais Maria Bauab,
  • Cristiane Duque,
  • Vincent Corbel and
  • Marlus Chorilli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 104–114, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.10

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  • myrcene or cymene in nanoemulsions led to a sustained release of the compounds, suggesting that they could potentially provide a more efficient method for delivering these compounds compared to free solutions. Furthermore, the study showed that the nanoemulsification process reduced the cytotoxicity of
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Published 18 Jan 2024

Berberine-loaded polylactic acid nanofiber scaffold as a drug delivery system: The relationship between chemical characteristics, drug-release behavior, and antibacterial efficiency

  • Le Thi Le,
  • Hue Thi Nguyen,
  • Liem Thanh Nguyen,
  • Huy Quang Tran and
  • Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 71–82, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.7

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  • , the BBR NPs/PLA nanofiber scaffold had more wettability and higher concentration of BBR NPs dispersed on the surface of PLA nanofibers. This led to a sustained release of 75 wt % of the loaded BBR during the first 24 h, and consequently boosted the antibacterial effectiveness. Moreover, the
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Published 12 Jan 2024

TEM sample preparation of lithographically patterned permalloy nanostructures on silicon nitride membranes

  • Joshua Williams,
  • Michael I. Faley,
  • Joseph Vimal Vas,
  • Peng-Han Lu and
  • Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1–12, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.1

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  • KOH solution resulted in a faster etch rate but led to much stronger bubbling and roughening of the Si surface with the creation of micropyramidal hillocks [31]. The surface alignment of the Si substrates is parallel to the {100} crystallographic plane of Si, and the anisotropic KOH etching results in
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Published 02 Jan 2024

Fluorescent bioinspired albumin/polydopamine nanoparticles and their interactions with Escherichia coli cells

  • Eloïse Equy,
  • Jordana Hirtzel,
  • Sophie Hellé,
  • Béatrice Heurtault,
  • Eric Mathieu,
  • Morgane Rabineau,
  • Vincent Ball and
  • Lydie Ploux

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1208–1224, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.100

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  • and RhBITC-BSA/PDA NPs penetrated and accumulated in both cell wall and inner compartments of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cells. The fluorescence signals were diffuse or displayed aggregate-like patterns with both labelled NPs and free dyes. RhBITC-BSA/PDA NPs led to the most intense fluorescence in
  • concentration might have led to an increase in the Stern layer thickness, resulting in a larger hydrodynamic diameter measured by DLS. The size of BSA/PDA NPs remained stable as a function of pH at acidic pH, but increased moderately under alkaline conditions (Figure 3e). Chen et al. reported that PDA NPs
  • ketones with only a few remaining of hydroxy groups (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2a). In addition, labelling of pristine BSA/PDA NPs with FITC and RhBITC dyes led to an obvious change in color of the suspension, from brown (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S3a) to yellow and red
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Published 22 Dec 2023

A combined gas-phase dissociative ionization, dissociative electron attachment and deposition study on the potential FEBID precursor [Au(CH3)2Cl]2

  • Elif Bilgilisoy,
  • Ali Kamali,
  • Thomas Xaver Gentner,
  • Gerd Ballmann,
  • Sjoerd Harder,
  • Hans-Peter Steinrück,
  • Hubertus Marbach and
  • Oddur Ingólfsson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1178–1199, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.98

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  • purification of FEBID deposits, where carbon removal led to ≈18% height reduction of the respective nanoparticles [42]. Notwithstanding, changes in the deposition time and in the associated different volume of the deposited material may also contribute to the observed particle size reduction. AFM of FEBID on
  • that the initial decomposition, up to an electron dose of approx. 1016 e−/cm2 was characterized by a rapid CO loss, leaving a deposit of approx. 1:2 Pt/Cl ratio. However, a prolonged exposure up to doses around 1019 e−/cm2, which is the order of magnitude applied here, led to an almost complete removal
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Published 06 Dec 2023

Hierarchically patterned polyurethane microgrooves featuring nanopillars or nanoholes for neurite elongation and alignment

  • Lester Uy Vinzons,
  • Guo-Chung Dong and
  • Shu-Ping Lin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1157–1168, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.96

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  • approaches are quite limited. In this work, we show that nanopillars and nanoholes, and their combination with microgrooves, can be patterned on polyurethane (PU) films using a low-cost, reusable photoresist master mold prepared via nanosphere lens lithography and UV-LED photolithography, with specific
  • ]. Therefore, there is still a need to develop simple and cost-effective fabrication methods applicable to a wide range of nano- and micropatterns and biomaterials. In our previous studies, we have shown how nanosphere lens lithography (NLL) can be used with a low-cost ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED
  • polyether-based PU (Tecothane®) to determine whether they have positive effects on PC12 neurite outgrowth. The fabrication process involves first creating the reusable photoresist master molds using NLL with a custom-made UV-LED exposure system [15][16]. This allows for the direct fabrication of a
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Published 29 Nov 2023

Curcumin-loaded albumin submicron particles with potential as a cancer therapy: an in vitro study

  • Nittiya Suwannasom,
  • Netsai Sriaksorn,
  • Chutamas Thepmalee,
  • Krissana Khoothiam,
  • Ausanai Prapan,
  • Hans Bäumler and
  • Chonthida Thephinlap

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1127–1140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.93

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  • constant. When the CUR concentration reached the maximum of 2 mg/mL, CUR started to precipitate and form aggregates after centrifugation. This led to a miscalculation of the EE% and the absolute amount of entrapped CUR (Figure 4B). Release study of CUR from CUR-HSA-MPs CUR-HSA-MPs yielded a sustained
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Published 21 Nov 2023
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