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                             |  | 61. |  | Invited Bottom-up Fabricated Tunable Metamaterials Exhibiting Broadband Enhanced Chirality
 U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, S. Wimer, A. Ruder, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March (2023)
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                             |  | 60. |  | Plenary Talk Spectroscopic ellipsometry based optical analysis of hybrid metamaterial platforms
 U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, S. Wimer, A. Ruder, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 12th Workshop on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (WSE-12), Prague, Czech Republic, September (2023)
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                             |  | 59. |  | Electronic and optical properties of monoclinic gallium oxide under strain: the full picture M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, M. Hilfiker, T. Gramer, J. Knudtson, S. Richter, S. Knight, A. Papamichail, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, K. Irmscher, Z. Galazka, J. Jesenovec, J. McCloy, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference 2023, Lincoln, NE, March (2023)
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                             |  | 58. |  | Strain and Composition Dependencies in (AlxGa1-x)2O3 Alloys R. Korlacki, J. Knudtson, M. Stokey, M. Hilfiker, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 6th U.S. Workshop on Gallium Oxide (GOX 2023), Buffalo, NY, August (2023)
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                             |  | 57. |  | Unraveling the aspect-ratio driven evolution of anisotropic homogenization parameters of slanted columnar nanostructures from a wide variety of materials U. Kilic, Y. Traouli, M. Hilfiker, K. Bryant, S. Schoeche, R. Feder, C. Argyropoulos, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 2023 NRIC Conference on Topology and Valley Driven Quantum Phenomena, EQUATE Symposium, Lincoln, NE, March (2023)
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                             |  | 56. |  | Combined Density Functional Theory and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Studies of Anisotropic Materials R. Korlacki, M. Hilfiker, M. Stokey, and M. Schubert
 AVS 69 International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS-69), Portland, OR, November (2023)
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                             |  | 55. |  | Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Optical Analysis of Zinc Gallate at Elevated Temperatures E. Williams, M. Hilfiker, U. Kilic, Y. Traouli, N. Koeppe, J. Rivera, A. Abakar, M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, Z. Galazka, and M. Schubert
 The 5th U.S. Gallium Oxide Workshop (GOX 2022), Washington, D.C., August (2022)
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                             |  | 54. |  | Evolution of Anisotropy and Order of Band-to-Band Transitions, Excitons, Phonons, Static and High Frequency Dielectric Constants Including Strain Dependencies in Alpha and Beta Phase (AlxGa1-x)2O3 M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, M. Hilfiker, T. Gramer, J. Knudtson, S. Richter, S. Knight, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, R. Jinno, Y. Cho, H. Xing, D. Jena, Y. Oshima, E. Ahmadi, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 The 5th U.S. Gallium Oxide Workshop (GOX 2022), Washington, D.C., August (2022)
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                             |  | 53. |  | Phonons and band-to-band transitions in zinc gallate - A combined density functional theory and ellipsometry approach M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Williams, U. Kilic, Y. Traouli, N. Koeppe, J. Rivera, A. Abakar, M. Stokey, Z. Galazka, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 9, Beijing, China, May (2022)
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                             |  | 52. |  | The influence of strain and alloying onto the exciton and band-to-band transitions in (AlxGa1-x)2O3 M. Hilfiker, M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, T. Gramer, J. Knudtson, S. Richter, S. Knight, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, R. Jinno, Y. Cho, H. Xing, D. Jena, Y. Oshima, E. Ahmadi, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 9, Beijing, China, May (2022)
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                             |  | 51. |  | Mueller matrix imaging using slatned columnar thin film mirrors A. Ruder, B. Wright, R. Feder, U. Kiic, M. Hilfiker, C. M. Herzinger, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 9, Beijing, China, May (2022)
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                             |  | 50. |  | Far-infrared and mid-infrared analysis of the dielectric function tensor of alpha and beta phase (AlxGa1-x)2O3 by combined density functional theory and generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, J. Knudtson, T. Gramer, M. Hilfiker, S. Knight, S. Richter, A. Papamichail, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, R. Jinno, Y. Cho, G. Xing, D. Jena, Y. Oshima, K. Khan, E. Ahmadi, K. Irmscher, Z. Galazka, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 9, Beijing, China, May (2022)
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                             |  | 49. |  | Dual Box model based In-situ Ellipsometry growth characterization: Oxygen Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of metal Oxide Ultra-thin Films U. Kilic, S. G. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, G. Melendez, D. Sekora, A. Mock, N. Ianno, C. Argyropoulos, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 48th The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, May (2022)
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                             |  | 48. |  | Unravelingthe Bisignate and Broadband Chiroptical Response from All-Dielectric Distorted L-Shape Metamaterials U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, A. Ruder, S. Wimer, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 48th The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, May (2022)
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                             |  | 47. |  | Invited Design, fabrication and optical characterization of glancing angle deposited quantum metamaterials
 U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 The world networking event Humbolt meets Leibniz - Metamaterials, Hannover, Germany, May (2022)
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                             |  | 46. |  | Invited Extremely broadband plasmonic chiroptical activity revealed by heterostructure helical metamaterials
 U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 9, Beijing, China, May (2022)
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                             |  | 45. |  | Mueller matrix generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry based chiroptical characterization of glancing angle deposited all-dielectric distorted L-shape metamaterials U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, A. Ruder, Shawn Wimer, S. G. Kilic, C. Argyropoulos, M. Schubert, and E. Schubert
 Nebraska EPSCoR NRIC: Commercializing Quantum Technologies in Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, March (2022)
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                             |  | 44. |  | Invited Engineering the broadband enhanced chirality revealed by glancing angle deposited metamaterial platforms
 U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, A. Ruder, R. Feder, S. Wimer, S. G. Kilic, R. Korlacki, M. Schubert, E. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 Seminar Series hosted by UNL’s Physics and Astronomy Department, Lincoln, NE, February (2022)
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                             |  | 43. |  | The strain deformation potentials for phonons, band-to-band transitions, dielectric constants, effective mass, and band-offsets in beta-gallium oxide and related materials and evolutions in heteroepitaxial beta-(aluminum-gallium) oxide M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, M. Hilfiker, T. Gramer, J. Knudtson, S. Richter, S. Knight, A. Papamichail, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, K. Irmscher, Z. Galazka, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 The International Workshop on Gallium Oxide and Related Materials (IWGO), Nagano, Japan, October (2022)
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                             |  | 42. |  | Best Student Paper Award Winner Evolution of Anisotropy and Order of Band-to-Band Transitions, Excitons, Phonons, Static and High Frequency Dielectric Constants Including Strain Dependencies in Alpha and Beta Phase (AlXGa1-X)2O3
 M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, M. Hilfiker, T. Gramer, J. Knudtson, S. Richter, S. Knight, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, R. Jinno, Y. Cho, H. G. Xing, D. Jena, E. Ahmadi, V. Darakchieva, and M Schubert
 AVS 68 International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS-68), Pittsburgh, PA, November (2022)
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                             |  | 41. |  | Engineering the Bi-Signate Broadband Enhanced Chirality Revealed by All Dielectric Nanoboomerang Structure U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, A. Ruder, S. Wimer, S. G. Kilic, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 AVS 68 International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS-68), Pittsburgh, PA, November (2022)
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                             |  | 40. |  | Optical Properties of Orthorhombic LiGa02 from Far-Infrared to Vacuum Ultraviolet T. Gramer, E. Williams, M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, and M. Schubert
 AVS 68 International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS-68), Pittsburgh, PA, November (2022)
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                             |  | 39. |  | Invited Terahertz to Vacuum Ultraviolet Ellipsometry Characterization of Spin, Lattice, Strain, Free Charge Carrier, Dielectric Constants, Exciton and Band-to-Band Transition Properties in Ultrawideband Gap Alpha and Beta Aluminum Gallium Oxide Semiconductor Alloys
 M. Schubert, R. Korlacki, M. Stokey, A. Mock, M. Hilfiker, J. Knudtson, U. Kilic, S. Richter, S. Knight, P. Kuehne, and V. Darakchieva
 AVS 68 International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS-68), Pittsburgh, PA, November (2022)
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                             |  | 38. |  | Unraveling the Ultra-Violet Active Chiroptical Response by ZrO2 Helical Nanostructures U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, S. Wimer, S. G. Kilic, C. Argyropoulos, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 AVS 68 International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS-68), Pittsburgh, PA, November (2022)
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                             |  | 37. |  | Bottom-up fabricated metamaterials with extreme chiral responses U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, S. Wimer, A. Ruder, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 CUNY Advanced Science Research Center for the Satellite Workshop and Simons Collaboration on Extreme Wave Phenomena Based on Symmetries Annual Meeting, New York, NY, October (2022)
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                             |  | 36. |  | Evolution of Anisotropy and Order of Band-to-Band Transitions, Excitons, Phonons, Static and High Frequency Dielectric Constants Including Strain Dependencies in Alpha and Beta Phase (AlXGa1-X)2O3 M. Stokey, R. Korlacki, M. Hilfiker, T. Gramer, J. Knudtson, S. Richter, S. Knight, A. Mock, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, R. Jinno, Y. Cho, H. Xing, D. Jena, Y. Oshima, E. Ahmadi, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 EQUATE External Review Meeting, Lincoln, NE, August (2022)
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                             |  | 35. |  | Tunable plasmonic chirality revealed by helical heteterostructure metamaterials U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 UNL Research Days, World Wide Web, April (2021)
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                             |  | 34. |  | Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of ZnO ultra-thin films monitored by in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry U.Kilic, D. Schmidt, M. Hilfiker, G. Melendez, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 SVC TechCon-21, World Wide Web, May (2021)
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                             |  | 33. |  | Tunable broadband enhanced chirality with hybrid helical metamaterials U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos
 International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena – Metamaterials, World Wide Web, August (2021)
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                             |  | 32. |  | Tailoring the chiro-optical response of Si-Ag/Au chiral heterostructure thin films fabricated by glancing angle deposition technique U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 SPIE Photonics West, World Wide Web, March (2021)
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                             |  | 31. |  | Mueller Matrix Imaging Microscope Using Nanostructured Thin Film Mirrors A. Ruder, U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, B. Wright, D. Peev, R. Feder, C. M. Herzinger, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 UNL Student Research Days, World Wide Web, April (2021)
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                             |  | 30. |  | Extraction of Thin Film Dielectric Functions using Ex-situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry based Multi-sample Analysis Approach J. Rittenhouse, U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, S. Wimer, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 UNL Summer Research Symposium, Lincoln, NE, August (2021)
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                             |  | 29. |  | Spatially coherent helical and non-helical nano-heterostructures with tuneable plasmonic response U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, R. Feder, F. Frost, C. Argyropoulos, M. Schubert, and E. Schubert
 The European Optical Society Annual meeting (EOSAM), Rome, Italy, September (2021)
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                             |  | 28. |  | Tuning the chiro-optical response of plasmonic Si-Ag chiral metamaterials U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 UNL College of Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, World Wide Web, March  (2020)
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                             |  | 27. |  | Tailoring the Optical Properties of Highly Porous Superlattice-type Si-Au Slanted Columnar Heterostructure Thin Films U. Kilic, A. Mock, R. Feder, D. Sekora, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 46th ICMCTF, San Diego, California, U.S.A., May (2019)
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                             |  | 26. |  | Band-to-Band Transitions, Selection Rules, and Excitonic Contributions in Monoclinic beta-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 M. Hilfiker, U. Kilic, A. Mock, S. Knight, R. Korlacki, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 8, Barcelona, Spain, May (2019)
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                             |  | 25. |  | Mueller Matrix Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Investigation of Aspect Ratio in Glancing Angle Deposition Thin Films M. Hilfiker, U. Kilic, K. Bryant, R. Feder, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 8, Barcelona, Spain, May (2019)
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                             |  | 24. |  | Unraveling The Dynamics of Circular Dichroism in Highly-Coherent Si-Au Nanoplasmonic Chiral Heterostructures U. Kilic, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, D. Sekora, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 8, Barcelona, Spain, May (2019)
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                             |  | 23. |  | The generalized intensity contrast in birefringent microscopy S. Nazari, E. Bittrich, L. Bittrich, A. Ruder, U. Kilic, N. Kananizadeh, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, P. Uhlmann, K.-J. Eichhorn, A. Fery, E. Franke-Schubert, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 8, Barcelona, Spain, May (2019)
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                             |  | 22. |  | Opto-plasmonic Properties of Spatially Coherent Superlattice-type Si-Au Slanted Columnar Heterostructure Thin Films U. Kilic, A. Mock, R. Feder, D. Sekora, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 8, Barcelona, Spain, May (2019)
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                             |  | 21. |  | Mueller matrix ellipsometry using rotating anisotropic mirrors A. Ruder, B. Wright, D. Peev, M. Hilfiker, C. M. Herzinger, and M. Schubert
 International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 8, Barcelona, Spain, May (2019)
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                             |  | 20. |  | Invited The Physics of Low Symmetry Metal Oxides: Applications of Ellipsometry
 A. Mock, S. Knight, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, A. Papamichail, M.J. Tadjer, V. Darakchieva, and M. Schubert
 66th AVS conference, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., October (2019)
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                             |  | 19. |  | Examination of dielectric function tensor (1.5 eV to 9.0 eV), anisotropy, and band-to-band transitions for monoclinic ?-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 (x ? 0.21) films using generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry M. Hilfiker, U. Kilic, A. Mock, V. Darakchieva, S. Knight, R. Korlacki, A. Mauze, Y. Zhang, J. Speck, and M. Schubert
 International Workshop on Gallium Oxide and other related materials, Columbus, Ohio, August (2019)
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                             |  | 18. |  | Distinguished Poster Award Winner Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultra-thin Films: In Situ Ellipsometry Growth Characterization
 G. M. Gonzalez, U. Kilic, D. Sekora, A. Mock, M. Hilfiker, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 MRSEC REU summer poster fair, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., July (2018)
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                             |  | 17. |  | Invited Spectroscopic ellipsometry of Metal Oxide Ultra-Thin Films from ALD: In-situ layer-by-layer growth monitoring
 G. M. Gonzalez, U. Kilic, D. Sekora, A. Mock, M. Hilfiker, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 Women in Physical Sciences Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., July (2018)
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                             |  | 16. |  | Best Presentation Award Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Finite Element Modeling based Optical Characterization of Highly Coherent Au-Si Slanted Columnar Periodic Nanostructures
 U. Kilic, A. Mock, R. Feder, D. Sekora, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 65th AVS conference, Long Beach, California, U.S.A., October (2018)
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                             |  | 15. |  | Graduate Student Award Winner Tailoring the optical properties of highly coherent Au-Si nano-bamboo plasmonic resonators
 U. Kilic, A. Mock, R. Feder, D. Sekora, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert
 UNL Graduate Research Fair, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., April (2018)
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                             |  | 14. |  | Aspect Ratio Driven Optical Properties of Glancing Angle Deposited Thin Films K. Bryant, M. Hilfiker, U. Kilic, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert
 UNL Summer Research Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., August (2018)
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                             |  | 13. |  | Nanofabrication of GLAD Structures: A Comparison of Ion and Electron Beam Deposition Methods J. Tran, R. Feder, M. Hilfiker, and E. Schubert
 UNL Summer Research Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., August (2017)
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