The Physics of Microdroplets

The Physics of Microdroplets

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Berthier, Jean ^a   Brakke, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118401323     Document Type: Book

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