New approach for structural characterization of planar sets of nanoparticles embedded into a solid matrix

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sanchez, Dario F ^a   Marmitt, Gabriel ^a   Marin, Cristiane ^a   Baptista, Daniel L ^a   De M Azevedo, Gustavo ^a   Grande, Pedro L ^a   Fichtner, Paulo F P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 84890221916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03414     Document Type: Article

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