Tricontinuous Cubic Structures in [Formula presented] Copolymer and Homopolymer Blends

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Dotera, Tomonari ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

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EID: 84891687013     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.205502     Document Type: Article

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