Electric field-induced chemical locomotion of conducting objects

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Loget, Gabriel ^a   Kuhn, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; REDUCTION;

EID: 82555194997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1550     Document Type: Article

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