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Applied Scanning Probe Methods VII

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    Horacio D. Espinosa & Changhong Ke

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Espinosa, H.D., Ke, C. (2007). Nanoelectromechanical Systems — Experiments and Modeling. In: Bhushan, B., Fuchs, H. (eds) Applied Scanning Probe Methods VII. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37321-6_4

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