Interphase tuning for stronger and tougher composites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Livanov, Konstantin ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Nissenbaum, Asaf ^a   Wagner, H Daniel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84971300843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26305     Document Type: Article

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