The descent into glass formation in polymer fluids

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-203

  Freed, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79952858710     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar100122w     Document Type: Article

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