Critical phenomena in colloid-polymer mixtures: Interfacial tension, order parameter, susceptibility, and coexistence diameter
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.71.011401