Phase transitions and membrane stiffness in a class of asymmetric heterogeneous fluid membranes
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1742-5468
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2015/08/p08023