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Immobilization Methods for Piezoelectric Biosensors

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  2. National Research Council of Canada Biotechnology Research Institute, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4P 2R2

    John H. T. Luong & Elisabeth Prusak-Sochaczewski

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Guilbault, G., Luong, J. & Prusak-Sochaczewski, E. Immobilization Methods for Piezoelectric Biosensors. Nat Biotechnol 7, 349–351 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0489-349

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