One-dimensional Growth of Zinc Crystals on a Liquid Surface

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lu, Chenxi ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a   Pan, Qifa ^a   Tao, Xiangming ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Ye, Gaoxiang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84956687872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19870     Document Type: Article

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