Rapid crystallization from acoustically levitated droplets

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3164-3172

  Cao, Hui Ling ^a   Yin, Da Chuan ^a   Guo, Yun Zhu ^a   Ma, Xiao Liang ^a   He, Jin ^a   Guo, Wei Hong ^a   Xie, Xu Zhuo ^a   Zhou, Bo Ru ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84885438772     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3688494     Document Type: Article

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