Brownian motion goes ballistic

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6031, 2011, Pages 802-803

  Pusey, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BALLAST WATER; BROWNIAN MOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BROWNIAN MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAVITY; HEAT; HISTOGRAM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; LIQUID; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULE; MOTION; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REVIEW; VACUUM; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79956049855     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1192222     Document Type: Review

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