journal article·2026-02

Large-area sintering of nano-copper for power module packaging and thermal-shock reliability

Ruikang Zhu, Yishu Wang, Qiang Jia, Xu Gao, Ruochen Liu, Dan Li, Guisheng Zou, Fu Guo

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