Photoswitchable Ratchet Surface Topographies Based on Self-Protonating Spiropyran–NIPAAM Hydrogels
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عنوان ژورنال: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1944-8244,1944-8252
DOI: 10.1021/am500542f