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A Kamagate1, Ph Grelu, P Tchofo-Dinda

  • 1Institut Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|April 28, 2009
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