Surface tension of the polymer network of a gel

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1663-1668

  Nakamura, Takato ^a   Hattori, Mineo ^a   Kawasaki, Hideya ^a,b   Miyamoto, Keiichi ^a   Tokita, Masayuki ^a   Komai, Takashi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0011680646     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.54.1663     Document Type: Article

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