Small-volume nucleation

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 192-198

  Hammadi, Zoubida ^a   Candoni, Nadine ^a   Grossier, Romain ^a   Ildefonso, Manuel ^a   Morin, Roger ^a   Veesler, Stéphane ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Droplets; Germination; Growth from solutions; Microfluidic; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875626923     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2012.12.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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