Crystals and crystallinity in polymeric materials

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 314-323

  Corradini, Paolo ^a,b   Auriemma, Finizia ^a   De Rosa, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

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EID: 33745697847     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040288n     Document Type: Article

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