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Heterogeneous interfacial polarization domain engineering toward lightweight skins with microwave absorption and

Chenchen Wang1, Jun Ouyang1, Chuanshuang Hu1

  • 1College of Future Biomass, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510642, China.

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
|June 20, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
Dielectric skinElectrospinningInterfacial polarizationMicrowave absorptionRadiative cooling

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