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Title: Adaptable Networks with Semiorthogonal Two-Stage Polymerizations Enabled by Sequential Photoinitiated Thiol–Ene and Disulfide–Ene Reactions
Award ID(s):
1808484
PAR ID:
10497559
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ACS
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Volume:
56
Issue:
23
ISSN:
0024-9297
Page Range / eLocation ID:
9778 to 9786
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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