Enhanced Raman scattering based on a ZnO/Ag nanostructured substrate: an in-depth study of the SERS mechanism

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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 15941
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Ag-nanoparticle-decorated porous ZnO-nanosheets grafted on a carbon fiber cloth as effective SERS substrates

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Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 15280
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Binary “island” shaped arrays with high-density hot spots for surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates

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Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 14220
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Polyethylenimine-interlayered core–shell–satellite 3D magnetic microspheres as versatile SERS substrates

Chongwen Wang, Ping Li, Junfeng Wang, Zhen Rong, Yuanfeng Pang, Jiawen Xu, Peitao Dong, Rui Xiao and Shengqi Wang

Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 18694
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Silver nanoparticles, nanoneedles and nanorings: impact of electromagnetic near-field on surface-enhanced Raman scattering

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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 8787
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Urchin-like Pd@CuO–Pd yolk–shell nanostructures: synthesis, characterization and electrocatalysis

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Electrophoretic fabrication of silver nanostructure/zinc oxide nanorod heterogeneous arrays with excellent SERS performance

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A high-density Ag nanoneedle forest array by using a nano-peeling technique for near-infrared SERS detection

Zhiming Chen, Pan Zeng, Yifan Wang, Guofeng Zhang, Jie Yu, An Cao, Dilong Liu and Yue Li

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Ultrahigh SERS activity of the TiO2@Ag nanostructure leveraged for accurately detecting CTCs in peripheral blood

Yanping Xu, Dinghu Zhang, Jie Lin, Xiaoxia Wu, Xiawei Xu, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Hao Zhang, Zhewei Zhang, Yujiao Xie, Aiguo Wu and Guoliang Shao

Biomater. Sci., 2022, 10, 1812
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Temperature regulation growth of Au nanocrystals: from concave trisoctahedron to dendritic structures and their ultrasensitive SERS-based detection of lindane

Xia Zhou, Qian Zhao, Guangqiang Liu, Hongwen Zhang, Yue Li and Weiping Cai

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 10399
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Electrospun magnetic CoFe2O4/Ag hybrid nanotubes for sensitive SERS detection and monitoring of the catalytic degradation of organic pollutants

Wei Song, Zezhou Yang, Fuqiu Ma, Maoqiang Chi, Bing Zhao and Xiaofeng Lu

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 40334
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Controllable fabrication of Ag-nanoplate-decorated PAN-nanopillar arrays and their application in surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Zhongbo Li, Zhaofang Du, Kexi Sun, Xuan He and Bensong Chen

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A highly sensitive and recyclable SERS substrate based on Ag-nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanoflowers in ordered arrays

Qiang Tao, Shuai Li, Chunyu Ma, Kun Liu and Qing-Yu Zhang

Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 3447
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Au-covered hollow urchin-like ZnO nanostructures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensing

Octavio Graniel, Igor Iatsunskyi, Emerson Coy, Christophe Humbert, Grégory Barbillon, Thierry Michel, David Maurin, Sébastien Balme, Philippe Miele and Mikhael Bechelany

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ZnO/Ag porous nanosheets used as substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering to detect organic pollutant

Kunyu Zhao, Jie Lin and Lin Guo

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 53524
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Pulsed laser deposited Ag nanoparticles on nickel hydroxide nanosheet arrays for highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy

Yuting Jing, Huanwen Wang, Xiao Chen, Xuefeng Wang, Huige Wei and Zhanhu Guo

Applied Surface Science, 2014, 316, 66
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Improved SERS performance of single-crystalline TiO2 nanosheet arrays with coexposed {001} and {101} facets decorated with Ag nanoparticles

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Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 242, 932
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Tuning surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity of silver nanowires

Baili Chen, Wei Zhou, Mingshi Zhao and Pengchao Si

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Fabrication of Ag nanoaggregates/SiO2 yolk–shell nanoprobes for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Taegyu Kang, Sinyoung Jeong, Homan Kang, Jaehi Kim, Hyung-Mo Kim, San Kyeong, Sang Hun Lee, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun and Yoon-Sik Lee

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Improved plasmon-assisted photoelectric conversion efficiency across entire ultraviolet–visible region based on antenna-on zinc oxide/silver three-dimensional nanostructured films

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Nano Res., 2018, 11, 520
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High performance and reusable SERS substrates using Ag/ZnO heterostructure on periodic silicon nanotube substrate

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Applied Surface Science, 2018, 439, 852
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Polydopamine-assisted immobilization of Ag@AuNPs on cotton fabrics for sensitive and responsive SERS detection

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Cellulose, 2019, 26, 4191
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Fabrication of Semiconductor ZnO Nanostructures for Versatile SERS Application

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Nanomaterials, 2017, 7, 398
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Fabrication of silver nanodome embedded zinc oxide nanorods for enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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Ultrasensitive, recyclable and portable microfluidic surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS) biosensor for uranyl ions detection

Xuan He, Xin Zhou, Yu Liu and Xiaolin Wang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 311, 127676
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Design of Cu2O-Au composite microstructures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering study

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Three-Dimensional-Stacked Gold Nanoparticles with Sub-5 nm Gaps on Vertically Aligned TiO2 Nanosheets for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection Down to 10 fM Scale

Xuejiao Wang, Xupeng Zhu, Huimin Shi, Yiqin Chen, Zhiquan Chen, Yixuan Zeng, Zhixiang Tang and Huigao Duan

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 35607
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A dual-mode strategy for diacetyl detection based on colorimetry and surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Yuhui Chen, Anran Liu, Yong Wang, Peng Li, Yurong Zhuang, Shihao Sun, Dingzhong Wang and Wei Wei

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2024, 405, 135336
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Surface‐Buckling‐Enhanced 3D Metal/Semiconductor SERS‐Active Device for Detecting Organic Chemicals

Pei‐Chieh Tseng, Jing‐Ling Bai, Cheng‐Fang Hong, Chia‐Feng Lin and Han‐Yu Hsueh

Advanced Optical Materials, 2025, 13
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Photochemical Synthesis of Shape-Controlled Nanostructured Gold on Zinc Oxide Nanorods as Photocatalytically Renewable Sensors

Jia-Quan Xu, Huan-Huan Duo, Yu-Ge Zhang, Xin-Wei Zhang, Wei Fang, Yan-Ling Liu, Ai-Guo Shen, Ji-Ming Hu and Wei-Hua Huang

Anal. Chem., 2016, 88, 3789
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Vertically aligned nanostructures for a reliable and ultrasensitive SERS-active platform: Fabrication and engineering strategies

Yang Liu, Minjoon Kim, Seunghee H. Cho and Yeon Sik Jung

Nano Today, 2021, 37, 101063
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Three-dimensional hierarchical anatase@rutile TiO2 nanotree array films decorated by silver nanoparticles as ultrasensitive recyclable surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates

Xingzhi Wang, Zhuang Wang, Miao Zhang, Xishun Jiang, Yanfen Wang, Jianguo Lv, Gang He and Zhaoqi Sun

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 725, 1166
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Impact of the AuAg NPs Composition on Their Structure and Properties: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation

Janaina F. Gomes, Amanda C. Garcia, Cleiton Pires, Eduardo B. Ferreira, Rodrigo Q. Albuquerque, Germano Tremiliosi-Filho and Luiz H. S. Gasparotto

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Nanomaterial‐Based Strategies for Preventing Tumor Metastasis by Interrupting the Metastatic Biological Processes

Qingjin Cai, Yijia He, Yang Zhou, Ji Zheng and Jun Deng

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2024, 13
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Kinetically-Controlled Growth of Chestnut-Like Au Nanocrystals with High-Density Tips and Their High SERS Performances on Organochlorine Pesticides

Xia Zhou, Qian Zhao, Guangqiang Liu, Hongwen Zhang, Yue Li and Weiping Cai

Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 560
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Quasi Optical Cavity of Hierarchical ZnO Nanosheets@Ag Nanoravines with Synergy of Near- and Far-Field Effects for in Situ Raman Detection

Jing Yu, Yu Guo, Huijie Wang, Shuai Su, Chao Zhang, Baoyuan Man and Fengcai Lei

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ZnO nanorods decorated with Ag nanoflowers as a recyclable SERS substrate for rapid detection of pesticide residue in multiple-scenes

Xuejiao Wang, Xupeng Zhu, Yufeng Tao, Erjin Zhang and Xudong Ren

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2023, 290, 122277
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Fundamentals and applications of recyclable SERS substrates

Jai Prakash

International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2019, 38, 201
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Formation of Carbonized Polystyrene Sphere/hemisphere Shell Arrays by Ion Beam Irradiation and Subsequent Annealing or Chloroform Treatment

Xianyin Song, Zhigao Dai, Xiangheng Xiao, Wenqing Li, Xudong Zheng, Xunzhong Shang, Xiaolei Zhang, Guangxu Cai, Wei Wu, Fanli Meng and Changzhong Jiang

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Exotic 3D Hierarchical ZnO–Ag Hybrids as Recyclable Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates for Multifold Organic Pollutant Detection

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Eur J Inorg Chem, 2014, 2014, 2432
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Carbon based dots capped tin oxide nanosheets hybridizing with silver nanoparticles for ultra-sensitive surface enhanced raman scattering substrate

Qian Wang, Mingming Chen, Jiaxin Zhang, Ting Yu, FengFu Fu and Yongqiang Dong

Carbon, 2020, 170, 270
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Synthesis of wheatear-like ZnO nanoarrays decorated with Ag nanoparticles and its improved SERS performance through hydrogenation

Yufeng Shan, Yong Yang, Yanqin Cao, Chaoli Fu and Zhengren Huang

Nanotechnology, 2016, 27, 145502
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Advances in oxide semiconductors for surface enhanced Raman scattering

Xuejian Du, Di Liu, Keyu An, Shouzhen Jiang, Zhixian Wei, Shuangpeng Wang, Weng Fai Ip and Hui Pan

Applied Materials Today, 2022, 29, 101563
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Design of Hybrid Nanostructural Arrays to Manipulate SERS-Active Substrates by Nanosphere Lithography

Xiaoyu Zhao, Jiahong Wen, Mengning Zhang, Dunhui Wang, Yaxin Wang, Lei Chen, Yongjun Zhang, Jinghai Yang and Youwei Du

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 7710
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Highly sensitively detecting tetramethylthiuram disulfide based on synergistic contribution of metal and semiconductor in stable Ag/TiO2 core-shell SERS substrates

Jie Yang, Gao Song, Ling Zhou, Xinyue Wang, Lijun You and Jumei Li

Applied Surface Science, 2021, 539, 147744
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Ag@Au nanoparticle solid arrays for enhanced SERS detection of enrofloxacin: FDTD simulation insights

Yuliang Cheng, Yajie Zhao, Peizhen Li, Hang Yu, Yunfei Xie, Yahui Guo, Weirong Yao and He Qian

Microchim Acta, 2025, 192
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Urchin-like LaVO4/Au composite microspheres for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection

Limiao Chen, Min Wu, Chengyuan Xiao, Yifan Yu, Xiaohe Liu and Guanzhou Qiu

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2015, 443, 80
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Improved Performance of Solution-Phase Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering at Ag/CuO Nanocomposite Surfaces

Shuchen Hsieh, Pei-Ying Lin and Ling-Ya Chu

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 12500
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Fabrication and SERS Performances of Metal/Si and Metal/ZnO Nanosensors: A Review

Grégory Barbillon

Coatings, 2019, 9, 86
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Enhanced photoelectric performance in a CdO/ZnO/Ag heterostructure thin film photoanode

Feng-Xian Jiang, Hai-Yun Zheng, Lan-Fang Wang, Li-Juan Yan, Ya-Nan Wang, Xiao-Yuan Chen and Xiao-Hong Xu

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Ag–ZnO Nanocomposites Are Used for SERS Substrates and Promote the Coupling Reaction of PATP

Liping Ma, Qijia Zhang, Jia Li, Xuemei Lu, Ce Gao, Peng Song and Lixin Xia

Materials, 2021, 14, 922
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Synthesis of cuprous oxide/silver (Cu 2 O/Ag) hybrid as surface-enhanced Raman scattering probe for trace determination of methyl orange

Thi Thu Ha Pham, Xuan Hoa Vu, Nguyen Dac Dien, Tran Thu Trang, Nguyen Van Hao, Nguyen Duc Toan, Nghiem Thi Ha Lien, Tong Sy Tien, Tran Thi Kim Chi, Nguyen Thi Hien, Pham Minh Tan and Dong Thi Linh

R. Soc. open sci., 2023, 10
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Fabrication of Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorods Modified with Dense Silver Nanoparticles as Effective SERS Substrates

Na Li, Gengsheng Xu, Manqing Yan, Bensong Chen, Yupeng Yuan and Chuhong Zhu

Chemosensors, 2023, 11, 210
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Applications of Shell-Isolated Nanoparticle-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Grégory Barbillon

Photonics, 2021, 8, 46
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Synergetic SERS Enhancement in a Metal-Like/Metal Double-Shell Structure for Sensitive and Stable Application

Rongcheng Ban, Yingjian Yu, Meng Zhang, Jun Yin, Binbin Xu, De-Yin Wu, Min Wu, Zhigang Zhang, Huiling Tai, Jing Li and Junyong Kang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 13564
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Bifunctional AgCl/Ag composites for SERS monitoring and low temperature visible light photocatalysis degradation of pollutant

Lihong Dong, Junyi Zhu and Guangqing Xia

Solid State Sciences, 2014, 38, 7
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Revealing the Hemispherical Shielding Effect of SiO2@Ag Composite Nanospheres to Improve the Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Performance

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Nanomaterials, 2021, 11, 2209
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Nanomaterials for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy-based metal detection: a review

Dongchang Yang, Brian Youden, Andrew Carrier, Naizhen Yu, Ken Oakes, Mark Servos and Xu Zhang

Environ Chem Lett, 2024, 22, 2425
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Development of SERS platform based on ZnO multipods decorated with Ag nanospheres for detection of 4-nitrophenol and rhodamine 6G in real samples

Elumalai Ashok Kumar, Nazar Riswana Barveen, Tzyy-Jiann Wang, Thangavelu Kokulnathan and Yu-Hsu Chang

Microchemical Journal, 2021, 170, 106660
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Fabrication and SERS Performance of SiO2@Ag Core–Shell Structure Nanoparticle Array

Jiran Liang, Pingzhong Wang, Lanxiang Zhang, Dangyuan Lei and Xiaoping Gao

Plasmonics, 2025, 20, 8131
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Recyclable 3D SERS devices based on ZnO nanorod-grafted nanowire forests for biochemical sensing

Yang Liu, Ruirui Li, Na Zhou, Mao Li, Chengjun Huang and Haiyang Mao

Applied Surface Science, 2022, 582, 152336
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ZnO nanotower arrays decorated with cubic and tetrahedral shaped Ag-NPs as hybrid SERS-active substrates

Yulian Zeng, Fengyan Wang, Daxue Du, Shan Liu, Chenbo Wang, Zhaopeng Xu and Haiyan Wang

Applied Surface Science, 2021, 544, 148924
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Superhydrophobic Ag decorated ZnO nanostructured thin film as effective surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates

Naidu Dhanpal Jayram, S. Sonia, S. Poongodi, P. Suresh Kumar, Yoshitake Masuda, D. Mangalaraj, N. Ponpandian and C. Viswanathan

Applied Surface Science, 2015, 355, 969
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Nitrite Detection

Dongchang Yang, Brian Youden, Naizhen Yu, Andrew J. Carrier, Mark R. Servos, Ken D. Oakes and Xu Zhang

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2025, 73, 2221
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Design of ZnO hollow nanosphere arrays for UV absorbing transparent glasses

Y. J. Yoo, K. S. Chang and Y. M. Song

Opt Quant Electron, 2016, 48
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A stable, ultrasensitive and flexible substrate integrated from 1D Ag/α-Fe2O3/SiO2 fibers for practical surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection

Jiangtao Xu, Songmin Shang and Shouxiang Jiang

Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019, 177, 107376
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