Initially Disordered, Reflectin Assembly Tunably and Reversibly Drives Biophotonic Color
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Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation†
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.795.7