Erratum: Substrate Grain-Dependent Chemistry of Carburized Planar Anodic TiO2 on Polycrystalline Ti.
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SUBMITTER: Rudiger C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641381 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
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Erratum: Substrate Grain-Dependent Chemistry of Carburized Planar Anodic TiO<sub>2</sub> on Polycrystalline Ti.
Rüdiger Celine C Favaro Marco M Valero-Vidal Carlos C Calvillo Laura L Bozzolo Nathalie N Jacomet Suzanne S Hein Jennifer J Gregoratti Luca L Agnoli Stefano S Granozzi Gaetano G Kunze-Liebhäuser Julia J
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