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Gopal Ramalingam1 \*, Poopathy Kathirgamanathan2 , Ganesan Ravi3 , Thangavel Elangovan4 , Bojarajan Arjun kumar1 , Nadarajah Manivannan5 and Kaviyarasu Kasinathan6

1 Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

2 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, England

3 Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

4 Department of Energy Science, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

5 Brunel University London, United Kingdom

6 UNESCO-UNISA, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa Nanosciences African network (NANOAFNET), Western Cape Province, South Africa

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