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Original Articles

Unique Free‐Volume Change During the Phase Separation of Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) Aqueous Solution Studied by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy

Jie Xu Structure Research Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China; Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of ASIC Design, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xianfeng Zhang Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Hongwei Chen Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Biao Chen Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Qijin Zhang Structure Research Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
Pages 139-147 | Received 24 Apr 2006, Accepted 31 Jul 2006, Published online: 15 Feb 2011

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