The evolution of vesicles from bulk lamellar gels

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 869-876

  Battaglia, Giuseppe ^a   Ryan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DISPERSIONS;

ISOTROPIC DISPERSIONS; LAMELLAR GELS; TURBID DISPERSION;

GELS;

POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; GEL;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GELS; POLYMERS; WATER;

EID: 31544437367     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1501     Document Type: Article

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