Drawing a single nanofibre over hundreds of microns

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Ondarcuhu T ^a   Joachim, C ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0038698794     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1998-00233-9     Document Type: Article

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