Capillary flow of amorphous metal for high performance electrode

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kim, Se Yun ^a   Kim, Suk Jun ^a   Jee, Sang Soo ^a   Park, Jin Man ^a   Park, Keum Hwan ^a   Park, Sung Chan ^b   Cho, Eun Ae ^a   Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Song, In Yong ^a   Lee, Sang Mock ^a   Han, In Taek ^a   Lim, Ka Ram ^c,h   Kim, Won Tae ^d   Park, Ju Cheol ^e   Eckert, Jürgen ^f,g   Kim, Do Hyang ^c   Lee, Eun Sung ^a  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Chongju University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f Institute for Complex Materials   (Germany)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

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EID: 84880375714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02185     Document Type: Article

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