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Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology Thesis for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor Faculty of Natural Sciences

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

ISBN 978-82-326-3310-4 (printed ver.) ISBN 978-82-326-3311-1 (electronic ver.) ISSN 1503-8181

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