Fabrication of gold nanoparticles tethered in heat-cooled calf thymus-deoxyribonucleic acid Langmuir-Blodgett film as effective surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensing platform
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SUBMITTER: Sinha R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9705746 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
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