Crossover scales at the critical points of fluids with electrostatic interactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 10058-10066

  Moreira, André G ^a,c   Telo Da Gama, M M ^a   Fisher, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

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

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EID: 0001338824     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478879     Document Type: Article

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