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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 214 Shelby Court, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Prof. Muhammad A. Alam

  2. G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Love Bldg, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0405, USA

    Dr. Satish Kumar

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Alam, M.A., Kumar, S. (2012). Flexible Electronics. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9751-4_147

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