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Biomimetic Self-Assembly and Structural Observation of Amino Acid Nanomaterials using Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Sameera Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Bingyun Li
Affiliation:
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Abstract

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Type
Microscopy and Microanalysis of Biomineralized and Biomimetic Materials and Structures
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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