New aspects in the phase behaviour of poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide: Systematic temperature dependent shrinking of PNiPAM assemblies well beyond the LCST

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bischofberger, Irmgard ^a   Trappe, Veronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84945299830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15520     Document Type: Article

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