Oxygen and VUV irradiation of polymers: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and complementary studies

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 399, 1997, Pages 217-223

  Grossman, E ^a   Noter, Y ^a   Lifshitz, Y ^a  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 0011966071     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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