Superfluid droplets on a solid surface

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5338, 1997, Pages 664-666

  Ross, D ^a   Rutledge, J E ^a   Taborek, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ARTICLE; HYSTERESIS; LIQUID; MATERIAL STATE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030720949     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5338.664     Document Type: Article

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11. This work was supported by NSF grant DMR 9623976.