Hyperbranched polymers: from synthesis to applications

Progress in Polymer Science - Tập 29 Số 3 - Trang 183-275 - 2004
Changyou Gao1, Deyue Yan1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China

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