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P E Arratia et al 2009 New J. Phys. 11 115006 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/11/115006

The effects of polymer molecular weight on filament thinning and drop breakup in microchannels

Focus on Micro- and Nanofluidics

P E Arratia1, L-A Cramer1, J P Gollub2,3 and D J Durian2

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