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* 2021 Wetting dynamics in a rectangular channel,Chen Zhao,Tian Yu,Jiajia Zhou,and Masao Doi,Langmuir 2021, 37, 38, 11276–11280. * Soft matter physics in applications - Masao Doi's Home Page 8 Feb 2022 — soft matter physics masao doi pdf 2021
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