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Antonio López-Díaz1, Andrés S Vázquez1, Ester Vázquez2,3

  • 1Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain.

ACS Nano
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Hydrogelssoft actuatorssoft roboticssoft sensors

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