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Spin diffusion in multiple pulse spin-locking in solids containing paramagnetic impurities

G B Furman1, S D Goren, A M Panich

  • 1Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel. gregoryf@bgu.ac.il

Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
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