Fractal analysis of STM images of photochemical polymer of coniferyl alcohol

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Radotić, Knenija ^a   Tasic M ^b   Jeremic M ^a   Budimlija, Z ^b   Simic Krstic J ^a   Polzovic A ^b   Bozovic Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Fractals; Lignin; Photochemical polymerization; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; ION; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FRACTALS; IONS; LIGNIN; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035292390     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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