Investigations of Some Physical Properties and Sensing Properties of Fluorine-Doped Alpha-Iron (III) Oxide Thin Films

Israa Akram Abbas, Oday Ali Chichan, Tahseen H. Mubarak, Shaymaa A. Hussein, Sami Salman Chiad, Nadir Fadhil Habubi and Yassin Hasan Kadhim

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