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In an instant illumination can be achieved, it is as easy as turning on a light, the problem is finding the switch in the dark.
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Jones Alami, in "Plasma Characterization & Thin Film Growth and Analysis in Highly Ionized Magnetron Sputtering" (December 2009) in Linköping Studies in Science and Technology, Dissertation No. 948

 
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