Nanoscale and microscale structural changes alter the critical gelator concentration of self-assembled fibrillar networks

CrystEngComm

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4507-4515

  Gao, J ^a   Wu, S ^a   Emge, T J ^b   Rogers, M A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878084945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14668033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ce40323h     Document Type: Article

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