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Platinum open access means permanent and free access to published scientific works for readers with no publication fees for the authors – 100% free. All articles are published under the most flexible reuse standard – the CC BY license.

Authors are not charged article processing fees or publication fees – no fees whatsoever. Importantly, authors retain the copyright of their work and allow it to be shared and reused, provided that it is correctly cited.

Readers anywhere in the world may download, share or use the work, free of charge.

All papers are published free of charge, without any (hidden) article processing charge.

All articles published by Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.

Open Access is free for readers, WITHOUT article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.

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