Phase separation of two-dimensional Coulombic crystals of mesoscale dipolar particles from mesoscale polarizable "solvent"

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kaufman, George K ^a   Reches, Meital ^a   Thomas, Samuel W ^a   Feng, Ji ^a   Shaw, Bryan F ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; SEPARATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

2-D MODELS; DENSITY OF PARTICLES; DIPOLAR PARTICLES; ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED; MESO-SCALE; POLAR MOLECULES; POLARIZABLE LIQUIDS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 59349093322     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3052616     Document Type: Article

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