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Title: Substrate‐Dependent Molecular and Nanostructural Orientation of Nafion Thin Films

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Department of Material Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 16802 USA
  2. Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Toledo Toledo OH 43606 USA
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1560893
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DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
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Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Volume: 29 Journal Issue: 37; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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Kushner, Douglas I., Kusoglu, Ahmet, Podraza, Nikolas J., and Hickner, Michael A. Substrate‐Dependent Molecular and Nanostructural Orientation of Nafion Thin Films. Germany: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201902699.
Kushner, Douglas I., Kusoglu, Ahmet, Podraza, Nikolas J., & Hickner, Michael A. Substrate‐Dependent Molecular and Nanostructural Orientation of Nafion Thin Films. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902699
Kushner, Douglas I., Kusoglu, Ahmet, Podraza, Nikolas J., and Hickner, Michael A. Thu . "Substrate‐Dependent Molecular and Nanostructural Orientation of Nafion Thin Films". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902699.
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