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ISRN Nanotechnology
Volume 2012, Article ID 608756, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/608756
Research Article

High-Purity Nanopowders for Laser Applications

Deepak Ganta, Ganesh Venugopal, Andrew T. Hunt, and Michael Sapp

nGimat LLC., 2436 Over Drive, Suite B, Lexington, KY 40511, USA

Received 26 January 2012; Accepted 28 February 2012

Academic Editors: C.-C. Chen, A. N. Obraztsov, and A. Patra

Copyright © 2012 Deepak Ganta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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