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Metal Nanoparticles from First Principles

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Bonnet, N. (2015). Metal Nanoparticles from First Principles. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6178-0_100939-1

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