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On the Effect of Correlations, Fluctuations and Collisions in Ostwald Ripening

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    Barbara Niethammer

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    Juan J. L. Velázquez

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Niethammer, B., Otto, F., Velázquez, J.J.L. (2006). On the Effect of Correlations, Fluctuations and Collisions in Ostwald Ripening. In: Mielke, A. (eds) Analysis, Modeling and Simulation of Multiscale Problems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35657-6_18

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