Force: A new structural control parameter?

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 885-889

  Bensimon, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0030586924     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00095-0     Document Type: Article

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