On the pearl size of hydrophobia polyelectrolytes

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-116

  Baigl, D ^a   Sferrazza, M ^a,b   Williams, C E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037390099     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-00369-6     Document Type: Article

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