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On the conformational state of molecules in molecularly thin shearing films

Jacob N. Israelachvili and Carlos Drummond
PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E4973; first published August 13, 2015; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510758112
Jacob N. Israelachvili
aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106;
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bCentre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-33600 Pessac, France
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vol. 112 no. 36 E4973
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510758112
PubMed: 
26272927

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue September 8, 2015.
  • Published first August 13, 2015.

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  1. Jacob N. Israelachvilia,1 and
  2. Carlos Drummondb
  1. aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106;
  2. bCentre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-33600 Pessac, France

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: jacob{at}engineering.ucsb.edu.
  • Author contributions: J.N.I. and C.D. designed research, performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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