Viscoelastic response of hyperstar polymers in the linear regime

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1753-1759

  Kapnistos, Michael ^a   Semenov, Alexander N ^b   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Roovers, Jacques ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000153164     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479436     Document Type: Article

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