Magnetic force microscopy and energy loss imaging of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Torre, Bruno ^a   Bertoni, Giovanni ^a,b   Fragouli, Despina ^a   Falqui, Andrea ^a   Salerno, Marco ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b IMEM CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84859742673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00202     Document Type: Article

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