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Evaluation of the contact angle from molecular simulations

Jiří ŠkváraFaculty of Science, J. E. Purkinje University, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.View further author information
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Jiří ŠkvorFaculty of Science, J. E. Purkinje University, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-0759View further author information
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Ivo NezbedaFaculty of Science, J. E. Purkinje University, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.;Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 190-199 | Received 05 Dec 2016, Accepted 17 Jul 2017, Published online: 07 Aug 2017

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