Nanomaterials for Superconductors from the Energy Perspective

Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 205-227

  Cantoni, Claudia ^a   Goyal, Amit ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Electricity; Films; Nanomaterials; Self assembly; Storage; Superconductors; Transport; Wires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886189699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629299.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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