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On Biological and Bioactive Silicon Systems

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We open this special issue of SILICON with a preface and some observations on Biological and Bioactive Silicon Systems by the guest editor of this special issue and the editor-in-chief of the journal SILICON.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and the Polymer Research Centre, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA

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Preface for the SILICON Special Issue Biological and Bioactive Silicon Systems

Guest Editors: Stephen J. Clarson and Siddharth V. Patwardhan

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Clarson, S.J. On Biological and Bioactive Silicon Systems. Silicon 4, 5–6 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-011-9102-y

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