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Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers and Characterization of Their Diffusive Motion in the Melt State at the Single Molecule Level
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Physical and biological properties of cyclopolymers related to DIVEMA ("pyran copolymer")

G B Butler, Y Xing, G E Gifford

    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
    |January 1, 1985
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