The electric power grid: Today and tomorrow

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-407

  Amin, Massoud ^a   Stringer, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROMECHANICALLY CONTROLLED SYSTEM; GLOBAL ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 41849111670     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2008.80     Document Type: Article

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