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  JP Journal of Solids and Structures  
 ISSN: 0973-5615
 
 
 

     JP Journal of Solids and Structures
    Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 151 - 175 (July 2008)


INCLUSION OF POLYMER SPHERES INTO MESOPOROUS THIN FILMS - FILM STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT

Rory L. Rice (Ireland), Richard A. Farrell (Ireland), Graham L. W. Cross (Ireland), Justin D. Holmes (Ireland) and Michael A. Morris (Ireland)

Received June 5, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: mesoporous thin films, polystyrene microsphere, calcination.

 


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