Fabrication and structural analysis of ZnO coated fiber optic phase modulators

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Fabrication and structural analysis of ZnO coated fiber optic phase modulators

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Spin-on deposition of amorphous zeolitic imidazolate framework films for lithography applications

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Control of LPCVD ZnO growth modes for improved light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells

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Nutrient stoichiometry in Sphagnum along a nitrogen deposition gradient in highly polluted region of Central-East Europe

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Theoretical evidence of the observed kinetic order dependence on temperature during the N2O decomposition over Fe-ZSM-5

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Carbon diffusion in CVD growth of carbon nanotubes on metal nanoparticles

Full tungsten and platinum nanoprobes for electrically conducting scanning probe methods

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Distributed measurement of chromatic dispersion by four-wave mixing and Brillouin optical-time-domain analysis

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The order-disorder transformation and microstructure evolution in nickel-aluminium intermetallics after heavy-ion irradiation

Stoichiometry and interdiffusion in PZT thin films studied by transmission electron microscopy