Uninterrupted and reusable source for the controlled growth of nanowires

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sugavaneshwar, R P ^a   Nanda, Karuna Kar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 84874333952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01172     Document Type: Article

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