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Glow discharge in microfluidic chips for visible analog computing

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    1. Reyes, D.R. Ghanem, M.M. Whitesides, G.M. Manz, A. Glow discharge in microfluidic chips for visible analog computing. Lab on a Chip 2, 113 - 116 (2002).

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