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Development of new atom transfer radical polymerization system by iron (III)-metal salts without using any external

Mohd Yusuf Khan1, Xiangxiong Chen, Seung Woo Lee

  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Daedong, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 712-749, Republic of Korea.

Macromolecular Rapid Communications
|May 3, 2013
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atom transfer radical polymerizationiron (III)ligandsliving radical polymerizationsalts

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