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Jeyasubramanian Kadarkaraithangam1 \*, Thangaiyanadar Suyambulingam Gokul Raja1 , Silambuselvan Parani Bramma Nayagi1 and Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy2 \*

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Nano Science and Technology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India

2 Nanomaterials and System Laboratory, Major of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Applied Energy System, Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea

\*Address all correspondence to: kjeya@mepcoeng.ac.in and karthi.nanotech@gmail.com

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