TUe-Lafleur-170515 (IMAGE)

Eindhoven University of Technology

TUe-Lafleur-170515

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A schematic picture of the new technique. The red dots represent deuterium atoms. The monomers that leave the polymer (depicted left) will be exposed to the deuterium in the heavy water, resulting in the replacement of the hydrogen atom by a deuterium atom that is just a bit heavier.

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Eindhoven University of Technology

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