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Differential approach to the study of integral characteristics in polymer films

P Smertenko1, L Fenenko, L Brehmer

  • 1Department of Optoelectronics, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NASU 45, prospekt Nauki, 03028, Kyiv, Ukraine. smertenko@isp.kiev.ua

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
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