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Optimizing hydrothermal synthesis of titanium dioxide nanotubes: Doehlert method and desirability function approach

Fernanda Uczay, Carlos Eduardo Maduro de Campos, Tatiane de Andrade Maranhão, Cristiane Luisa Jost, Daniela Zambelli Mezalira

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