Ion Beam Induced Darkening in Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Thin Films
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Physica Polonica A
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0587-4246,1898-794X
DOI: 10.12693/aphyspola.128.953