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High brightness neutron source optimized for very high pulsed magnetic field experiments

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Electron-beam based nanoscale quantum controls

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Terahertz emission from diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers

Nanolithography of the nanocorral structure of chemisorbed oxygen atoms on the graphitic lattice

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Quantum Spin Dynamics Due to Strong Kitaev Interactions in the Triangular-Lattice Antiferromagnet CsCeSe2

Charge-Transfer States in Organic Nanowires

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