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Temperature-Dependent Reversible Morphological Transformations in N -Oleoyl β- d -Galactopyranosylamine
- Award ID(s):
- 1844346
- PAR ID:
- 10206598
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Volume:
- 124
- Issue:
- 26
- ISSN:
- 1520-6106
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 5426 to 5433
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01410
