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G. Hayun, D. Gazit, S. Biderman, Y. Einav, G. Ben Amar, H. Lotem, A Venkert, A. Horowitz, M.P. Dariel, D. Sherman
The Thirteenth International Conference on Crystal Growth - in conjunction with the Eleventh International Conference on Vapor Growth and Epitaxy (ICCG-13/ICVGE-11), 30 July –4 August 2001, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Pinkas M., Lotem H., Ustilovsky Sh., Golan Y., Garstein E., Biderman S., Einav H., Ben Amar G. and Horowitz A.,
10th Israeli Materials Engineering Conference (IMEC-10), 7-8 Feb. 2002, Dead Sea, Israel.
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Haim Lotem, Malki Pinkas, Shlomo Biderman, Yehezkel Einav, Dan Gazit, Gabi Ben Amar and Atara Horowitz,
10th Israeli Materials Engineering Conference (IMEC-10), 7-8 Feb. 2002, Dead Sea, Israel.
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Lotem H., Pinkas M., Horowitz A., Einav Y., Ben Amar G., Weiss D., and Biderman S.,
21st IVS General Conference, The Dan Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 11-12, 2002.
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