Direct observation of the full transition from ballistic to diffusive Brownian motion in a liquid

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 576-580

  Huang, Rongxin ^a   Chavez, Isaac ^a   Taute, Katja M ^a   Lukić, Branimir ^b   Jeney, Sylvia ^b   Raizen, Mark G ^a   Florin, Ernst Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; LIQUIDS;

BALLISTIC MOTIONS; BROWNIAN PARTICLES; DIFFUSIVE BROWNIAN MOTIONS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HYDRODYNAMIC MEMORY; SINGLE PARTICLE; VELOCITY AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 79959970950     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1953     Document Type: Article

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