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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2012, Article ID 469143, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/469143
Research Article

Top-Down Processing of N a N b O 3 Nanopowder

Jurij Koruza,1,2 Barbara Malič,1 Oleksandr Noshchenko,1 and Marija Kosec1,2

1Electronic Ceramics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2Centre of Excellence NAMASTE, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 23 February 2012; Accepted 5 April 2012

Academic Editor: Sergio J. Mejía-Rosales

Copyright © 2012 Jurij Koruza 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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