Cavitation and acoustic emission around laser-heated microparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2800-2802

  Lin, Charles P ^a   Kelly, Michael W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0003107448     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121462     Document Type: Article

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