Sustainable polymers: Opportunities for the next decade

ACS Macro Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 550-554

  Miller, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84879349447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21611653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mz400207g     Document Type: Article

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