Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles into a New Polymeric Matrix

I. E. DELLERBA; C. E. HOPPE; R. J. J. WILLIAMS

San José, Costa Rica

Simposio; XII Simposio Latinoamericano de Polímeros (SLAP 2010), X Congreso Iberoamericano de Polímeros (CIP 2010), I Congreso Centroamericano de Nanotecnociencia, I Congreso Nacional de Nanotecnociencia, I Congreso Nacional de Polímeros,; 2010

UNA

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