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Reshaping sub-millimetre bubbles from spheres to tori
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- Award ID(s):
- 1806833
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10461037
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Soft Matter
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 25
- ISSN:
- 1744-683X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 4660 to 4666
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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