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Title: Resonant soft x-ray scattering unravels the hierarchical morphology of nanostructured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic thin films

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Physical Review Materials
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Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
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American Physical Society
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United States
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English

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Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Álvaro, García-Gutiérrez, Mari-Cruz, Ezquerra, Tiberio A., Brady, Michael A., Wang, Cheng, and Rebollar, Esther. Resonant soft x-ray scattering unravels the hierarchical morphology of nanostructured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic thin films. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.066003.
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Álvaro, García-Gutiérrez, Mari-Cruz, Ezquerra, Tiberio A., Brady, Michael A., Wang, Cheng, & Rebollar, Esther. Resonant soft x-ray scattering unravels the hierarchical morphology of nanostructured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic thin films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.066003
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Álvaro, García-Gutiérrez, Mari-Cruz, Ezquerra, Tiberio A., Brady, Michael A., Wang, Cheng, and Rebollar, Esther. Wed . "Resonant soft x-ray scattering unravels the hierarchical morphology of nanostructured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic thin films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.066003.
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