Non-fluorous polymers with very high solubility in supercritical CO2 down to low pressures

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6783, 2000, Pages 165-168

  Sarbu, Tralan ^a   Styranec, Thomas ^a   Beckman, Eric J ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MATERIALS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034636480     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012040     Document Type: Article

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