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Catching your breath

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Detectors made from carbon nanotubes can identify signs of diseases using breath samples

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  1. Peng, G., Tisch, U. & Haick, H. Detection of nonpolar molecules by means of carrier scattering in random networks of carbon nanotubes: Toward diagnosis of diseases via breath samples. Nano Lett. 10.1021/nl8030218 (2009).

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Reid, T. Catching your breath. Nature Nanotech (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.106

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