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spellingShingle Simões, Ricardo, Cunha, António M., Brostow, Witold, e-Polymers, Molecular deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of polymers simulated by molecular dynamics, Polymers and Plastics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering
title Molecular deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of polymers simulated by molecular dynamics
title_full Molecular deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of polymers simulated by molecular dynamics
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title_full_unstemmed Molecular deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of polymers simulated by molecular dynamics
title_short Molecular deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of polymers simulated by molecular dynamics
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topic Polymers and Plastics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering
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