Estimating Stream Broadening in Free-Flow Electrophoretic Systems Based on the Method-of-Moments Formulation

Debashis Dutta1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA. ddutta@uwyo.edu.

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