Wang, H., Yao, Y., Wang, X., Sheng, L., Yang, X. H., Cui, Y., Zhang, P., Rao, W., Guo, R., Liang, S., Wu, W., Liu, J., & He, Z. Z. (2019). Large-Magnitude Transformable Liquid-Metal Composites. ACS Omega, 4(1), 2311-2319. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b03466
Wang, Hongzhang ; Yao, Youyou ; Wang, Xiangjiang et al. / Large-Magnitude Transformable Liquid-Metal Composites. In: ACS Omega. 2019 ; Vol. 4, No. 1. pp. 2311-2319.
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