Phase boundaries in mixtures of membrane-forming amphiphiles and micelle-forming amphiphiles
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0005-2736
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(00)00004-6