Demixing in simple fluids induced by electric field gradients

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6999, 2004, Pages 544-547

  Tsori, Yoav ^a   Tournilhac, François ^a   Leibler, Ludwik ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; PARAFFIN OILS; PHASE SEPARATION;

LIQUID MIXTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

MAGNETIC FLUIDS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 3242877689     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02758     Document Type: Article

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