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Original Article

Microstructure and properties of nc-TiC/a-C∶H films deposited by radio frequency reactive sputtering

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Pages 1669-1673 | Received 18 Sep 2010, Accepted 04 Nov 2010, Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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