Kinks in experimental diffusion profiles of a dissolving semi-crystalline polymer explained by a concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 15781-15787

  Hermes, Helen E ^a   Sitta, Christoph E ^a   Schillinger, Burkhard ^b   Löwen, Hartmut ^a   Egelhaaf, Stefan U ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84935837937     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01082a     Document Type: Article

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