Shifting paradigms in polymer crystallization

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 714, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-18

  Muthukumar, Murugappan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34247220982     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-47307-6_1     Document Type: Article

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