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EPFL2024

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EPFL2023

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Magnetic force microscopy contrast formation and field sensitivity

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UBIQUITY PRESS LTD2022

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BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT2021

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UNIV POLITEHNICA BUCHAREST, SCI BULL2021

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BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT2021

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021