In situ study of defect migration kinetics in nanoporous Ag with enhanced radiation tolerance

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sun, C ^a,b   Bufford, D ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Kirk, M A ^c   Wang, Y Q ^b   Li, M ^c   Wang, H ^a   Maloy, S A ^b   Zhang, X ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84892721953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03737     Document Type: Article

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