Theory of colloid stabilization in semidilute polymer solutions

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2243-2249

  Semenov, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; REACTION KINETICS; STABILIZATION;

NONMONOTONIC CONCENTRATION; STABILIZATION EFFECTS;

POLYDISPERSITY;

EID: 41749123207     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma702536c     Document Type: Article

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