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Yoke Khin Yap acknowledges the support from the National Science Foundation (Award number DMR-1261910).

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Yap, Y.K., Zhang, D. (2015). Physical Vapor Deposition. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6178-0_362-3

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    Physical Vapor Deposition
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6178-0_362-3

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