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Mass spectrometry is a widely used method to study molecules and processes in medicine, life sciences, chemistry, catalysis, and industrial product quality control, among many other applications. One of the main features of some mass…
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A new and straightforward single-step route to decorate melamine foams with silver nanoparticles (ME/Ag) is proposed.
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Crystallography may be the gold standard of protein structure determination, but obtaining the necessary high-quality crystals is also in some ways akin to prospecting for the precious metal. The tools and models developed in soft matter…
Inkjet printing has been used to fabricate glucose sensors using glucose oxidase and screen printed carbon electrodes. By appropriate selection of printing and drying conditions we are able to fabricate sensor structures that show a good…
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We show that direct laser writing in aqueous silver nitrate with a $\lambda$ = 1030 nm femtosecond laser results in deposition of a mixture of silver oxide and silver, in contrast to the pure silver deposition previously reported with 780…