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Volume 101, 2003 - Issue 23-24
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Statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous model colloid—polymer mixtures

JOSEPH M. BRADER Institute of Physiology, University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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ROBERT EVANS H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Royal Fort, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK; MPI für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstraße 3, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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MATTHIAS SCHMIDT Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institut, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Pages 3349-3384 | Received 22 Sep 2003, Accepted 10 Nov 2003, Published online: 18 Nov 2009

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