Observation of short-range critical wetting

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6746, 1999, Pages 737-739

  Ross, D ^a   Bonn, D ^a   Meunier, J ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; LIQUID; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0033584357     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23425     Document Type: Article

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