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Use of carminic acid immobilized in agarose gel as a binding phase for DGT: A new approach for determinations of rare earth elements

Recently, rare-earth elements (REEs) have attracted great interest due to their importance in several fields, such as the high-technology and medicine industries. Due to the recent intensification of the use of REEs in the world and the resulting potential impact on the environment, new analytical a...

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