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Slow Magnetic Relaxations in Cobalt(II) Tetranitrate Complexes. Studies of Magnetic Anisotropy by Inelastic Neutron Scattering and High-Frequency and High-Field EPR Spectroscopy
- Award ID(s):
- 1633870
- PAR ID:
- 10024872
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 24
- ISSN:
- 0020-1669
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 12603 to 12617
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01544
