Forces induced by nonequilibrium fluctuations: The Soret-Casimir effect
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عنوان ژورنال: Europhysics Letters (EPL)
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0295-5075,1286-4854
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10275-5