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Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Harshman, Dale R ^a,b,c   Dow, John D ^c,d   Fiory, Anthony T ^e  

^a Physikon Research Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute for Postdoctoral Studies   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 70749147149     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.136502     Document Type: Article

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