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Effect of hydrophobicity on the stability of sol–gel silica coatings in vacuum and their laser damage threshold

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11074189, U1230113), National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (2013BAJ01B01).

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    Yuan Liu, Jun Shen, Bin Zhou, Guangming Wu & Zhihua Zhang

  2. College of Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, People’s Republic of China

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Liu, Y., Shen, J., Zhou, B. et al. Effect of hydrophobicity on the stability of sol–gel silica coatings in vacuum and their laser damage threshold. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 68, 81–87 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-013-3137-z

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