Casimir and mean-field interactions between membrane inclusions subject to external torques

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Dommersnes, P G ^a   Fournier, J B ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 0033560199     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00253-5     Document Type: Article

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