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Albina Musin1, Roman Grynyov1, Mark Frenkel2

  • 1Ariel University, Natural Science Faculty, Physics Department, P.O.B. 3, 407000 Ariel, Israel.

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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Keywords:
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