The Molecular Structure and Conformational Dynamics of Chitosan Polymers: An Integrated Perspective from Experiments and Computational Simulations

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  2012

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• Publication date

  2012-10-31

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  Materials Science, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.5772/51803
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