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Surface polymerization induced locomotion. / Ramos-Docampo, Miguel A.; Brodszkij, Edit; Ceccato, Marcel et al.

In: Nanoscale, Vol. 13, No. 22, 06.2021, p. 10035-10043.

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Harvard

Ramos-Docampo, MA, Brodszkij, E, Ceccato, M, Foss, M, Folkjær, M, Lock, N & Städler, B 2021, 'Surface polymerization induced locomotion', Nanoscale, vol. 13, no. 22, pp. 10035-10043. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr01465j

APA

Ramos-Docampo, M. A., Brodszkij, E., Ceccato, M., Foss, M., Folkjær, M., Lock, N., & Städler, B. (2021). Surface polymerization induced locomotion. Nanoscale, 13(22), 10035-10043. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr01465j

CBE

Ramos-Docampo MA, Brodszkij E, Ceccato M, Foss M, Folkjær M, Lock N, Städler B. 2021. Surface polymerization induced locomotion. Nanoscale. 13(22):10035-10043. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr01465j

MLA

Ramos-Docampo, Miguel A. et al. "Surface polymerization induced locomotion". Nanoscale. 2021, 13(22). 10035-10043. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr01465j

Vancouver

Ramos-Docampo MA, Brodszkij E, Ceccato M, Foss M, Folkjær M, Lock N et al. Surface polymerization induced locomotion. Nanoscale. 2021 Jun;13(22):10035-10043. doi: 10.1039/d1nr01465j

Author

Ramos-Docampo, Miguel A. ; Brodszkij, Edit ; Ceccato, Marcel et al. / Surface polymerization induced locomotion. In: Nanoscale. 2021 ; Vol. 13, No. 22. pp. 10035-10043.

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