Optical and Piezoelectric Study of KNN Solid Solutions Co-Doped with La-Mn and Eu-Fe.
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SUBMITTER: Pena-Jimenez JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5456642 | biostudies-other | 2016 Sep
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