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Journal of Coatings Technology and Research

Editor-in-Chief: Mark Nichols
ISSN: 1547-0091 (print version)
Journal no. 11998

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(Book) Satas, D, Handbook of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Technology. Van Nostrand

Reinhold, New York (1989)

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(Chapter in an Edited Book) Storti, G, Morbidelli, M, “Open-Loop Control of Polymerization

Reactors.” In: Asua, JM (ed.) Polymer Dispersions. Principles and Applications, pp. 25-26.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1997)

(Journal Article) Davidson, RS, “The Photodegradation of Some Naturally Occurring Polymers.”
J. Photochem. Photobiol., B: Biology, 33 (1) 3-25 (1996)

(Conference Proceedings) Nguyen, T, Gu, X, Van Landingham, MR, Byrd, E, Martin, D, Ryntz,
R, Martin, JW, “Degradation Modes of Polymeric Coatings Exposed to UV.” Proc. Coatings for
Plastics Symposium, Troy, MI, July 2004

(Patent) Sarin, VK, Mulpuri, RP, “Chemical Vapor Deposition of Mullite Coatings.” US Patent
5,763,008, 1998

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