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Universal features of water dynamics in solutions of hydrophilic polymers, biopolymers, and small glass-forming

Silvina Cerveny1, Angel Alegría, Juan Colmenero

  • 1Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|June 4, 2008
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