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Fabrication and Characterization of a Low-Cost Piezoelectric using Rochelle
Salt for Energy Harvesting and Sensor Applications

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Centre for
Thin Film Research (CTFR), led by Prof. Dr. Murtuza Mehdi, for
their support through NRPU Grant #17057 and the Ph.D. research
grant. Our thanks also go to GetInnovative4Impact (Project
1010831219) for their financial contribution.
We sincerely appreciate the support of the Mechanical
Engineering Department at NED University of Engineering &
Technology, whose facilities and resources enabled us to carry out
this research smoothly.

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