International Journal of Polymer Science
Volume 2013, Article ID 238567, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/238567
Review Article
Optical Properties of the Self-Assembling Polymeric Colloidal Systems
Department of Polymer Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 149 Calea Victoriei, 010072 Bucharest, Romania
Received 11 March 2013; Revised 17 June 2013; Accepted 20 June 2013
Academic Editor: Haojun Liang
Copyright © 2013 Alexandra Mocanu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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