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Title: An integral equation method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in the wetting problem
Award ID(s):
1654756
NSF-PAR ID:
10174253
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Computational Physics
Volume:
419
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0021-9991
Page Range / eLocation ID:
109521
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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