Confinement-Induced Enhancement of Parallel Dielectric Permittivity: Super Permittivity Under Extreme Confinement
- Award ID(s):
- 1720633
- PAR ID:
- 10224798
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 24
- ISSN:
- 1948-7185
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 10532 to 10537
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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