Polymer Polydispersity Effect on Depletion Interaction between Colloidal Particles
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عنوان ژورنال: Macromolecular Theory and Simulations
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1022-1344,1521-3919
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3919(200211)11:9<975::aid-mats975>3.0.co;2-y