Composing Well‐Defined Stimulus‐Responsive Materials Through Postpolymerization Modification Reactions. Issue 9 (2nd April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roth, Peter J.
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular chemistry and physics. Volume 215:Issue 9(2014:May)
• Page Start: 825
• Page End: 838
• Publication Date: 2014-04-02
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Synthetic products -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201400073
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1352

Abstract

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