New mechanisms for phase separation in polymer-surfactant mixtures

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 438-444

  Currie, E P K ^a   Cohen Stuart, M A ^a   Borisov, O V ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0034635227     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00168-7     Document Type: Article

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