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Nitrogen-doped defect-induced dipolar polarisation in CNZF/NrGO/MWCNT nanocomposites for X & Ku-band microwave absorption

Pasupuleti Anil, B. Arun, Banothu Saidulu, K. C. James Raju, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar

Carbon Letters· Volume 36· Issue 2
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