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E Rogalska1, R Bilewicz, T Brigaud

  • 1Equipe de Physico-Chimie des Colloides, UMR 7565 CNRS/Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, Faculté des Sciences, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. rogalska@lesoc.u-nancy.fr

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
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