Genesis on diamonds

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2628-2629

  Sommer, Andrei P ^a   Zhu, Dan ^a   Fecht, Hans Joerg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 58049189439     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg8005037     Document Type: Article

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