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Title: Tutorial: Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) for thermal property characterization of bulk and thin film materials

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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Jiang, Puqing, Qian, Xin, and Yang, Ronggui. Tutorial: Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) for thermal property characterization of bulk and thin film materials. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5046944.
Jiang, Puqing, Qian, Xin, & Yang, Ronggui. Tutorial: Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) for thermal property characterization of bulk and thin film materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046944
Jiang, Puqing, Qian, Xin, and Yang, Ronggui. Sun . "Tutorial: Time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) for thermal property characterization of bulk and thin film materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046944.
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