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Edible unclonable functions. / Leem, Jung Woo; Kim, Min Seok; Choi, Seung Ho et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, 328, 16.01.2020.

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Leem, JW, Kim, MS, Choi, SH, Kim, S-R, Kim, S-W, Song, YM, Young, R & Kim, YL 2020, 'Edible unclonable functions', Nature Communications, vol. 11, 328. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14066-5

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Leem, J. W., Kim, M. S., Choi, S. H., Kim, S-R., Kim, S-W., Song, Y. M., Young, R., & Kim, Y. L. (2020). Edible unclonable functions. Nature Communications, 11, Article 328. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14066-5

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Leem JW, Kim MS, Choi SH, Kim S-R, Kim S-W, Song YM et al. Edible unclonable functions. Nature Communications. 2020 Jan 16;11:328. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14066-5

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Leem, Jung Woo ; Kim, Min Seok ; Choi, Seung Ho et al. / Edible unclonable functions. In: Nature Communications. 2020 ; Vol. 11.

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