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Title: Crazing Mechanism and Physical Aging of Poly(lactide) Toughened with Poly(ethylene oxide)- block -poly(butylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers
Award ID(s):
1901635 2011401
PAR ID:
10215893
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Volume:
53
Issue:
22
ISSN:
0024-9297
Page Range / eLocation ID:
10163 to 10178
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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