First order phase transition and evidence for frustrations in polyampholytic gels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 4863-4865

  Yukikazu, Takeoka ^a   Nihat, Berker A ^a   Rose, Du ^a   Takashi, Enoki ^a   Alexander, Grosberg ^a   Mehran, Kardar ^a   Taro, Oya ^a   Kazunori, Tanaka ^a   Guoqiang, Wang ^a   Xiaohong, Yu ^a   Toyoichi, Tanaka ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0000202999     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4863     Document Type: Article

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