Growth and mutual interference of protein seeds under reduced gravity conditions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1046-1057

  Lappa, M ^a  

^a MARS srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURES;

PROTEINS;

MODELING;

EID: 0037884877     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1557916     Document Type: Article

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