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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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Barbora Pinlova, Bernd Nowack
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Fatemeh Mokhtari, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Sepidar Sayyar, Zhenxiang Cheng, Arjang Ruhparwar, Javad Foroughi
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Da-Kai Gong, Ao Zhang, Hao Luo, Yi-Dong Shi, Yong Zhang, Lin Tan
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2022)
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Naiara Pirahi Da Silva Chagas, Maria De Fatima Vieira Marques
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2021)
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Erdinc Doganci
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2021)
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Polymer Science
Shuoshuo Wang, Liqiang Yi, Yini Fang, Lina Wang, Juming Yao, Jaromir Marek, Ming Zhang
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2021)
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Polymer Science
Ali Aldalbahi, Mehrez E. El-Naggar, Mohamed H. El-Newehy, Mostafizur Rahaman, Mohammad Rafe Hatshan, Tawfik A. Khattab
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