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Nano-mechanical and condensed phase characterization of cylindrical magnetron sputtered self-assembled TiN nano-hill coating

Sayan Atta, Uttamchand NarendraKumar, K. V. A. N. P. S. Kumar, D. P. Yadav, Sanjay Kumar Rai, Pooja Gupta, Sitaram Dash

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