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An insight into the structure, composition and hardness of a biological material: the shell of freshwater mussels

Anupam Chakraborty, Saida Parveen, Dipak Kr. Chanda, Gautam Aditya

RSC Advances · 2020 · 45 citations · 76 references

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qualify as a biological material with prospective multiple applications for human well-being and sustaining environmental quality.

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