Room Temperature Sol-Gel Fabrication and Functionalization for Sensor Applications

George HUYANG; John CANNING; Ingemar PETERMANN; David BISHOP; Andrew McDONAGH; Maxwell J. CROSSLEY

doi:10.1007/s13320-012-0075-2

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