Macromol. Chem. Phys. 4/2015. Issue 4 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lu, Yiyang; Schmidt, Christian; Beuermann, Sabine
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular chemistry and physics. Volume 216:Issue 4(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 353
• Page End: 353
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Synthetic products -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201570010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1352

Abstract

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