Cover Picture: Macromol. Mater. Eng. 6/2015. Issue 6 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Larrañeta, Eneko; Lutton, Rebecca E. M.; Brady, Aaron J.; Vicente‐Pérez, Eva M.; Woolfson, A. David; Thakur, Raghu Raj Singh; Donnelly, Ryan F.
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular materials and engineering. Volume 300:Issue 6(2015:Jun.)
• Page Start: 575
• Page End: 575
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Plastics -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1002/mame.201570017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1438-7492

Abstract

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