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Results of nanomechanical studies of ultrathin silicon dioxide and silicon nitride films are discussed. Films applicable to MEMS technology were manufactured on single-crystal silicon wafer’s at atmospheric p...
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to obtain three-dimensional images of isolated mineralites extracted from young postnatal bovine bone. The mean mineralite size is 9 nm × 6 nm × 2.0 nm, significantly sho...
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Tin oxide thin films on glass are used in a variety of applications ranging from transparent conductors to coupling layers to wear resistant coatings. The mechanical properties and wear resistance are crucial ...
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Open AccessDeep sequencing reveals an association between HIV-1 subtype C mutations in gp41 MPER epitopes and mother-to-child transmission
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Influence of intragenic CCL3 haplotypes and CCL3L copy number in HIV-1 infection in a sub-Saharan African population
Two CCL3 haplotypes (HapA1 and Hap-A3) and two polymorphic positions shared by the haplotypes (Hap-2SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism)) were investigated together with CCL3L copy number (CN), for their role in ...