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Green-Graphene Protective Overlayer on Optical Microfibers: Prolongs the Device Lifetime

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Green-Graphene Protective Overlayer on Optical Microfibers: Prolongs the Device Lifetime. / Novikova, Anastasia; Katiyi, Aviad; Halstuch, Aviran et al.
In: Nanomaterials, Vol. 12, No. 17, 2915, 01.09.2022.

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Novikova A, Katiyi A, Halstuch A, Karabchevsky A. Green-Graphene Protective Overlayer on Optical Microfibers: Prolongs the Device Lifetime. Nanomaterials. 2022 Sept 1;12(17):2915. Epub 2022 Aug 24. doi: 10.3390/nano12172915

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Novikova, Anastasia ; Katiyi, Aviad ; Halstuch, Aviran et al. / Green-Graphene Protective Overlayer on Optical Microfibers : Prolongs the Device Lifetime. In: Nanomaterials. 2022 ; Vol. 12, No. 17.

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