Two parameters for three-dimensional wetting transitions

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Swain, P S ^a   Parry, A O ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031579145     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1997-00129-8     Document Type: Article

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4. -2.
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