Derivation of the Matalon-Packter law for Liesegang patterns

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 9479-9486

  Antal, T ^a   Droz, M ^b   Magnin, J ^b   Racz Z ^c   Zrinyi, M ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 0001215120     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477609     Document Type: Article

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