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Fabrice Goubard1, Odile Fichet, Dominique Teyssié

  • 1Université de Cergy-Pontoise, LPPI, 5 mail Gay-Lussac Neuville-sur-Oise, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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