Surmounting barriers: The benefit of hydrodynamic interactions

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 719-725

  Lutz, C ^a   Reichert, M ^b   Stark, H ^b,c   Bechinger, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

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EID: 33646875736     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2006-10017-9     Document Type: Article

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