Self-assembled aggregates in the gravitational field: Growth and nematic order

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2874-2885

  Baulin, Vladimir A ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SELF ASSEMBLY;

LINEAR AGGREGATES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0042512426     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1587123     Document Type: Article

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