Controlling the dynamics of soft spheres: From polymeric to colloidal behavior

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-276

  Seghrouchni, R ^a   Petekidis, G ^a   Vlassopoulos, D ^a   Fytas, G ^a   Semenov, A N ^b   Roovers, J ^c   Fleischer, G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0032073743     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1998-00241-3     Document Type: Article

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