Surface fluctuation spectroscopy: Comments on experimental technique and capillary ripple theory
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Review of Scientific Instruments
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0034-6748,1089-7623
DOI: 10.1063/1.1137826