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From elastic excitations to macroscopic plasticity in metallic glasses. / Şopu, D.; Yuan, X.; Moitzi, F. et al.
In: Applied materials today, Vol. 22.2021, No. March, 100958, 03.2021.

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Şopu D, Yuan X, Moitzi F, Spieckermann F, Bian X, Eckert J. From elastic excitations to macroscopic plasticity in metallic glasses. Applied materials today. 2021 Mar;22.2021(March):100958. Epub 2021 Feb 4. doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100958

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Şopu, D. ; Yuan, X. ; Moitzi, F. et al. / From elastic excitations to macroscopic plasticity in metallic glasses. In: Applied materials today. 2021 ; Vol. 22.2021, No. March.

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