Diverging time and length scales of spinodal decomposition modes in thin films

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Fischer, H P ^a   Maass, P ^a   Dieterich, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 0032045203     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1998-00550-y     Document Type: Article

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