Laser light scattering of polymer solutions

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7650-7656

  Chu, Benjamin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; LASER MEASUREMENT; POLYMER;

EID: 0031580870     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007650     Document Type: Article

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