Mechanical properties of silk fibroin–microcrystalline cellulose composite films
✍ Scribed by Yasutomo Noishiki; Yoshiharu Nishiyama; Masahisa Wada; Shigenori Kuga; Jun Magoshi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 345 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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