Line tension of Langmuir monolayer phase boundaries determined with optical tweezers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 5915-5918

  Wurlitzer, S ^a   Steffen, P ^a,b   Fischer, Th M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

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EID: 0001005445     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.481164     Document Type: Article

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