Magnetic Properties of Cluster Glassy Ni/NiO Core-Shell Nanoparticles: an Investigation of Their Static and Dynamic Magnetization.
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SUBMITTER: Ji JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4452478 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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