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Promoda Behera1, Muhammad Tayyab Noman1, Michal Petrů1

  • 1Department of Machinery Construction, Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation (CXI), Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 1402/2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic.

Polymers
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