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Structural, Surface, and Morphological Investigations of Plasmon-Induced MXenes for Multifunctional Applications

Virendra Kumar Yadav, Suhas Ballal, Rupesh Gupta, Subhashree Ray, Shivraj Gangadhar Wanale, Rakesh Gaur, Gajendra Kumar Inwati

Plasmonics· Volume 20· Issue 10
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