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Oliveira, L.C., Lima, A.M.N., Thirstrup, C., Neff, H.F. (2019). Introduction and Background Information. In: Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 70. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17486-6_1
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