Topography and instability of monolayers near domain boundaries

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Diamant, H ^a   Witten, T A ^a   Ege, C ^b   Gopal, A ^b   Lee, K Y C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; ELASTICITY; INTEGRATION; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BIPHASIC SURFACTANT MONOLAYER; DOMAIN BOUNDARIES; MESAS; SINE-GORDON PROFILE EQUATION;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 0035364486     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.061602     Document Type: Article

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