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On Mass Sensing Using Micro/Nano Resonators - Approaches, Challenges And Directions

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|Mar 2016

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Language: English
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Submitted on: Dec 14, 2015
Accepted on: Jan 1, 2016
Published on: Mar 1, 2016
Published by: Professor Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay
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