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Victor Moshchalkov1, Mariela Menghini, T Nishio

  • 1INPAC-Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. victor.moshchalkov@fys.kuleuven.be

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