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Official technique description: normal peak-force control, nanomechanical-property mapping and calibration.
Complex thermoelectric materials by G. Jeffrey Snyder and Eric S. Toberer by
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G. Jeffrey Snyder and Eric S. Toberer, Nature Materials 7, 105–114, DOI 10.1038/nmat2090. Carrier-concentration trade-offs and routes to reducing lattice heat conduction.
Spin injection and spin accumulation in all-metal mesoscopic spin valves by F. J. Jedema and others by
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The research distinguishes local magnetic-electrode signals from nonlocal spin accumulation using multi-terminal lateral metal devices. The arXiv preprint was submitted in 2002; the journal article is Physical Review B 67, 085319 (2003).
(CdSe)ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Characterization of a Size Series of Highly Luminescent Nanocrystallites by B. O. Dabbousi and others by
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A size-series study of CdSe/ZnS core-shell semiconductor nanocrystals, combining optical, structural and compositional characterization. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 101, 9463–9475.
High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite by Yenny Hernandez and others by
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A study of liquid dispersions of exfoliated graphene, with microscopy and spectroscopy to assess flake structure and thickness. Nature Nanotechnology 3, 563–568.
Two-Dimensional Nematic Colloidal Crystals Self-Assembled by Topological Defects by Igor Muševič and others by
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Institutional record: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid%3Ad7468930-b93b-4a5a-8f2b-ff137d12525f
An experimental study of ordered colloidal structures bound through topological defects under micrometre-scale nematic liquid crystal confinement. Science 313, 954–958.
Absorbed, Equivalent, and Effective Dose by International Commission on Radiological Protection by
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Institutional explanation of the three quantities, their units and weighting conventions; includes locators into ICRP Publication 103.
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses, Volume 12 by United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission by
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Appendix I, printed page I-2, distinguishes low-atomic-number beta shielding from an outer layer used to reduce secondary bremsstrahlung.
Scientific Background on Giant Magnetoresistance by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences by
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Scientific background for the 2007 Physics Nobel Prize. Spin-dependent conduction, exchange bias and magnetic read-head applications. Used for mechanism context, not as an official exam answer.
Quantized conductance of point contacts by B. J. van Wees and others by
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Physical Review Letters 60, 848–850. Full title: Quantized conductance of point contacts in a two-dimensional electron gas. Gate-controlled GaAs-AlGaAs ballistic point contacts show conductance steps from transverse quantization.
Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in Fe-MgO-Fe junctions by Shinji Yuasa and others by
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Full title: Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in single-crystal Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions. Nature Materials 3, 868–871, DOI 10.1038/nmat1257. A primary demonstration supporting the tunnel-junction alternative, without claiming that a larger magnetoresistance alone guarantees lower sensor noise.
Simultaneous Electrical and Mechanical Property Mapping at the Nanoscale with PeakForce TUNA by Bruker by
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Institutional glossary.
Institutional glossary.
High-efficiency Ga1-xAlxAs-GaAs solar cells by Jerry M. Woodall and H. J. Hovel by
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Applied Physics Letters 21 (1972), pp. 379–381.
Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
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Intro to OurBigBook
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This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
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Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
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