Crystallography: Precise Manipulation and Patterning of Protein Crystals for Macromolecular Crystallography Using Surface Acoustic Waves (Small 23/2015). Issue 23 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guo, Feng; Zhou, Weijie; Li, Peng; Mao, Zhangming; Yennawar, Neela H.; French, Jarrod B.; Huang, Tony Jun
• Is Part Of: Small. Volume 11:Issue 23(2015)
• Page Start: 2710
• Page End: 2710
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanoparticles -- Periodicals; Microtechnology -- Periodicals; 620.5
• DOI: 10.1002/smll.201570131
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1613-6810

Abstract

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