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A Szcześ1, M Jurak, E Chibowski

  • 1Department of Physical Chemistry - Interfacial Phenomena, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Maria Curie-Sklodowska Sq. 3, 20031 Lublin, Poland. aszczes@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
|February 14, 2012
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