Nonequilibrium pattern formation in chiral Langmuir monolayers with transmembrane flows

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 436-442

  Shibata, T ^a   Mikhailov, A S ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

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EID: 31944451411     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10413-7     Document Type: Article

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