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EELS Evidence for Nascent Polymerization of Carbon and Silicon in Amorphization of SiC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2020

Linn Hobbs
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Alexander Leide
Affiliation:
Universisty of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Ju Li
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Abstract

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Type
Advanced Characterization of Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2020

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