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- Award ID(s):
- 2017986
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10427360
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Volume:
- 93
- Issue:
- 12
- ISSN:
- 0034-6748
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 123305
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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