The bundle theory for polymer crystallisation

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 5179-5188

  Allegra, Giuseppe ^a   Meille, Stefano Valdo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033571179     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a905658k     Document Type: Article

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