Anomalous lateral diffusion in a viscous membrane surrounded by viscoelastic media
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: EPL (Europhysics Letters)
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0295-5075,1286-4854
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/97/68007