Polarity Matters: Dielectric Relaxation in all-cis-Multifluorinated Cycloalkanes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 125, Issue 14, 2021, Pages S1-S36

  Theodoridis, Athanasios ^a   Papamokos, George ^a   Wiesenfeldt, Mario P ^b   Wollenburg, Marco ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^c   Glorius, Frank ^b   Floudas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 85104369179     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c00100     Document Type: Article

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