Adhesion Control of Branched Catecholic Polymers by Acid Stimulation

Michinari Kohri1, Shigeaki Yamazaki1, Saki Irie1

  • 1Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.

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|August 29, 2019
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