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Edited by L. B. Freund, Brown University, Providence, RI, and approved July 20, 2006 (received for review March 13, 2006)
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- Published in issue September 5, 2006.
- Published first August 28, 2006.
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- Amit K. Gupta * , † ,
- Pradeep R. Nair * , † ,
- Demir Akin * , † , ‡ ,
- Michael R. Ladisch ‡ ,
- Steve Broyles § ,
- Muhammad A. Alam * , † , and
- Rashid Bashir * , † , ‡ , ¶
- *Birck Nanotechnology Center,
- †School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
- ‡Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and
- §Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Edited by L. B. Freund, Brown University, Providence, RI, and approved July 20, 2006 (received for review March 13, 2006)
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- ¶To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bashir{at}purdue.edu
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Author contributions: A.K.G., D.A., M.R.L., S.B., M.A.A., and R.B. designed research; A.K.G., P.R.N., and D.A. performed research; A.K.G., P.R.N., D.A., M.A.A., and R.B. analyzed data; and A.K.G., P.R.N., M.A.A., and R.B. wrote the paper.
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Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared.
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This paper was submitted directly (Track II) to the PNAS office.
- Abbreviation:
- CPD,
- critical point drying.
- © 2006 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
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