Pointy ice-drops: How water freezes into a singular shape

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 764-771

  Snoeijer, Jacco H ^a   Brunet, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84865355469     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.4726201     Document Type: Article

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