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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is releasing a series of single-walled carbon nanotube Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to provide
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completed penetration studies on three different aircraft for the Federal Aviation Administration. These
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Christopher M. Stafford, Jun Y. Chung, Heqing Huang, Adam J. Nolte, Peter M. Johnson, Edwin P. Chan
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