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14 - Environmental and Health Impacts for Nanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites

from Part Three - Concerns and Outlook

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

Joseph H. Koo
Joseph H. Koo
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University of Texas, Austin
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Fundamentals, Properties, and Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites , pp. 605 - 647
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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