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Conclusions and Outlook

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In Chap. 1, a number of outstanding questions in nanoscience were posed, which formed the basis of this dissertation. These questions are now revisited, in light of the results that were presented and discussed.

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McMahon, J.M. (2011). Conclusions and Outlook. In: Topics in Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8249-0_9

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