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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
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Published on: August 2, 2012

Salt-induced aggregation and fusion of dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride and sodium dihexadecylphosphate vesicles

A M Carmona-Ribeiro, H Chaimovich

    Biophysical Journal
    |October 1, 1986
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