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Ferroelectric polymer–ceramic composites for hard X-ray detection and XANES application

S. R. Kane, R. W. Whatmore, S. Satapathy, Archna Sagdeo, Himanshu Srivastava, P. K. Jha, P. K. Mehta

Applied Physics A· Volume 132· Issue 7
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