Preparation, Structure, Properties, and Applications of Co-Crystals and Nanoporous Crystalline Phases of Syndiotactic Polystyrene

Syndiotactic Polystyrene: Synthesis, Characterization, Processing, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 194-237

  Guerra, Gaetano ^a   Albunia, Alexandra Romina ^a   D'Aniello, Concetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

FTIR spectroscopy technique with fast sampling rate, high sensitivity and accurate quantitation; Nanoporous crystalline phases; Syndiotactic polystyrene co crystals and nanoporous crystalline phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951800913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470557006.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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