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Jianxiong Zhu1,2, Qiongfeng Shi3
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 11, 2024
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The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a focal point in the realm of information technology and has facilitated the interconnectedness and communication of various objects, such as devices and sensors in smart cities, intelligent transportation, industrial automation, agriculture, healthcare, etc [...].
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