Effect of Interfacial Adsorption on the Stability of Thin Polymer Films in a Solvent-induced Process
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Yu-Yuan Lu, E-mail: yylu@ciac.ac.cn
Li-Na Wang, E-mail: lnwang1007@163.com
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