Nanocomposite Coatings for Severe Applications

Handbook of Deposition Technologies for Films and Coatings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 679-715

  Erdemir, Ali ^a   Voevodin, Andrey A ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-8155-2031-3.00014-4     Document Type: Chapter

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