Supramolecular polymers

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-116

  Moore, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

CONFORMATION; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032766934     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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