Composites with extremal thermal expansion coefficients

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3203-3205

  Sigmund, O ^a,b   Torquato, S ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0001424622     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117961     Document Type: Article

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