Effects of Cations on the Behaviour of Lipid Cubic Phases

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Brasnett, Christopher ^a   Longstaff, Georgia ^a   Compton, Laura ^a   Seddon, Annela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85027518970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08438-4     Document Type: Article

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