Removing Fluoride-Terminations from Multilayered V2CTx MXene by Gas Hydrolyzation
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SUBMITTER: Fagerli F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9280772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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