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Title: Relationship between grain boundary segregation and grain boundary diffusion in Cu-Ag alloys
Award ID(s):
1708314
NSF-PAR ID:
10205563
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Volume:
4
Issue:
7
ISSN:
2475-9953
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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