In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Study on the Reaction Kinetics of the Ni/Zr-interlayer/Ge System |
Lee, Jae-Wook
(School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Bae, Jee-Hwan (School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Kim, Tae-Hoon (School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Shin, Keesam (School of Nano and Advanced Materials Engineering, Changwon National University) Lee, Je-Hyun (School of Nano and Advanced Materials Engineering, Changwon National University) Song, Jung-Il (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon National University) Yang, Cheol-Woong (School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) |
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