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spellingShingle Zhao, Xingyan, Yan, Jiahao, Bao, Hua, Dan, Yaping, AIP Advances, Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements, General Physics and Astronomy
title Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
title_full Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
title_fullStr Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
title_full_unstemmed Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
title_short Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
title_sort single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
title_unstemmed Single silicon nanowires as inherent heaters and thermometers for thermal conductivity measurements
topic General Physics and Astronomy
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