Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 749-754 , September 2007

Preparation of microbubble suspensions by co-axial electrohydrodynamic atomization

Received 14 June 2006 ,Revised 25 August 2006 ,Accepted 29 August 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00177-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 749-754 , September 2007

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