Nonuniversal velocity fluctuations of sedimenting particles
Tee, S.-Y.; Mucha, P. J.; Cipelletti, L.; Manley, Suliana; Brenner, M. P.; Segre, P. N.; Weitz, D. A.
2002

Abstract

An overview is given on the experimental evidence suggesting that the magnitude of the initial fluctuations increases with cell size. For sufficiently thick cells, the magnitude is also shown to decrease over the entire time of the experiment, so that a steady state does not exist.

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Title Nonuniversal velocity fluctuations of sedimenting particles
Author(s) Tee, S.-Y. ; Mucha, P. J. ; Cipelletti, L. ; Manley, Suliana ; Brenner, M. P. ; Segre, P. N. ; Weitz, D. A.
Published in Physical Review Letters
Volume 89
Issue 5
Pages 054501/1-054501/4
Date 2002
ISSN 00319007
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.054501
Laboratories LEB
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