Star polycondensates: Large scale synthesis, rheology and material properties

Polymer News

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-12

  De Brabander, E M M ^a   Nijenhuis, A G ^a   Borggreve, R ^a   Put, J ^a  

^a DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; New polymeric architectures; Star polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342633415     PISSN: 00323918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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