Long-scale evolution of thin liquid films

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 931-980

  Oron, Alexander ^a,b   Davis, Stephen H ^b   Bankoff, S George ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 0031480080     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.69.931     Document Type: Article

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