High Power Spark Delivery System Using Hollow Core Kagome Lattice Fibers.
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SUBMITTER: Dumitrache C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5456197 | biostudies-other | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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