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Review

Molecular Plasmonics for Biology and Nanomedicine

Yue Bing Zheng1 California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA. [email protected];2 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA;3 Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095, USAView further author information
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Brian Kiraly4 Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA16802, USA. [email protected]View further author information
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Paul S Weiss1 California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA. [email protected];2 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA;3 Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Tony Jun Huang4 Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA16802, USA. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 751-770 | Published online: 25 May 2012

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