Conducting polymers confined within bioactive peptide amphiphile nanostructures.

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.

Published: December 2007

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