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Polymer matrix composites from high-temperature cyanate ester resins and boron nitride nanotube-seeded electrospun fibers

Joseph E. Estevez, Michael D. Garrison, S. A. Razgaleh, Benjamin G. Harvey, Troy Ansell, Christopher G. Yelton, Gretchen H. Hefley

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