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Knight, G.D. (2005). Conductivity Enhancement in Metallization Structures of Regular Grains. In: Zschech, E., Whelan, C., Mikolajick, T. (eds) Materials for Information Technology. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-235-7_23
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