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Title: Confinement-Induced Enhancement of Parallel Dielectric Permittivity: Super Permittivity Under Extreme Confinement
Award ID(s):
1720633
PAR ID:
10224798
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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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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