Supramolecular Assembly of Self‐Healing Nanocomposite Hydrogels. Issue 24 (27th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gerth, Marieke; Bohdan, Malgorzata; Fokkink, Remco; Voets, Ilja; van der Gucht, Jasper; Sprakel, Joris
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular rapid communications. Volume 35:Issue 24(2014:Dec.)
• Page Start: 2065
• Page End: 2070
• Publication Date: 2014-10-27
• Subjects: Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.201400543
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1336

Abstract

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