The structure of colloid-polymer mixtures

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 741-747

  Louis, A A ^a   Finken, R ^a,b   Hansen, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0033563328     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00327-4     Document Type: Article

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