A geometrically-based mean-field theory of polydisperse hard-sphere mixtures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 188-196

  Bartlett, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001435573     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474364     Document Type: Article

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