A system with adjustable positive or negative thermal expansion

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2082, 2007, Pages 1585-1596

  Grima, Joseph N ^a   Farrugia, Pierre S ^a   Gatt, Ruben ^a   Zammit, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Adjustable thermal expansion coefficient; Negative thermal expansion; Thermal contraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348978830     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1841     Document Type: Article

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