Reactions in microemulsions: Effect of thermal fluctuations on reaction kinetics

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2901-2917

  Ganesan, Venkat ^a   Fredrickson, Glenn H ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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