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Phase change effect of low melting point metal for an automatic cooling of USB flash memory

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  1. Key Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Haoshan Ge & Jing Liu

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Jing Liu

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Ge, H., Liu, J. Phase change effect of low melting point metal for an automatic cooling of USB flash memory. Front. Energy 6, 207–209 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-012-0204-z

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