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Optical processes in semiconductors
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ISBN: 0486602753 Year: 1975 Publisher: New York Dover Publications

Scientific and clinical applications of magnetic carriers
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ISBN: 0306456877 1441932836 1475764820 Year: 1997 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) Plenum

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The discovery of uniform latex particles by polymer chemists of the Dow Chemical Company nearly 50 years ago opened up new exciting fields for scientists and physicians and established many new biomedical applications. Many in vitro diagnostic tests such as the latex agglutination tests, analytical cell and phagocytosis tests have since become rou­ tine. They were all developed on the basis of small particles bound to biological active molecules and fluorescent and radioactive markers. Further developments are ongoing, with the focus now shifted to applications of polymer particles in the controlled and di­ rected transport of drugs in living systems. Four important factors make microspheres interesting for in vivo applications: First, biocompatible polymer particles can be used to transport known amounts of drug and re­ lease them in a controlled fashion. Second, particles can be made of materials which bio­ degrade in living organisms without doing any harm. Third, particles with modified surfaces are able to avoid rapid capture by the reticuloendothelial system and therefore en­ hance their blood circulation time. Fourth, combining particles with specific molecules may allow organ-directed targeting.

Conjugated polymer surfaces and interfaces
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ISBN: 9780521544108 0521544106 0521472067 9780521472067 9780511600333 Year: 1996 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

Scanning tunneling microscopy
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ISBN: 0387543082 0387545557 0387563172 3540543082 3540545557 3540563172 3642973450 3642973434 3642973655 3642973639 3642974724 3642974708 9783540543084 9783540545552 9783540563174 Year: 1993 Volume: 20, etc. Publisher: Berlin Springer

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