Size and space controlled hexagonal arrays of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanodots: Magnetic studies and application

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ghoshal, Tandra ^a,b   Maity, Tuhin ^a   Senthamaraikannan, Ramsankar ^a,b   Shaw, Matthew T ^c   Carolan, Patrick ^a   Holmes, Justin D ^a,b   Roy, Saibal ^a,d   Morris, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Intel Ireland Ltd   (Ireland)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

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EID: 84885109254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02772     Document Type: Article

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