Synthesis of anisotropic polymer / inorganic composite particles via RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization

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Synthesis of anisotropic polymer / inorganic composite

particles via RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization

Ana Maria Cenacchi Pereira

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Ana Maria Cenacchi Pereira. Synthesis of anisotropic polymer / inorganic composite particles via RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization. Inorganic chemistry. Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, 2014. English. �NNT : 2014LYO10081�. �tel-01067453�

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