Styrene-assisted melt free-radical grafting of maleic anhydride onto poly(β-hydroxybutyrate)
✍ Scribed by Ma, Piming; Cai, Xiaoxia; Lou, Xianwen; Dong, Weifu; Chen, Mingqing; Lemstra, Piet J.
- Book ID
- 122178433
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 821 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0141-3910
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