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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 37, 2008, Pages

  Prokopuk, Nicholas ^a   Son, Kyung Ah ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 54749085731     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/37/374116     Document Type: Article

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