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Cedric Plesse1, Frederic Vidal, Dominique Teyssié

  • 1Laboratoire de Physico-chimie des Polymères et des Interfaces (LPPI) (EA2528), Institut des Materiaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 5 mail Gay Lussac, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise cedex, France. cedric.plesse@u-cergy.fr

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