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Physica C Superconductivity

Sensitivity of superconducting quantum RF magnetic field receivers for NMR spectroscopy and tomography

Vladimı́r Zrubec, Ján Maňka

Published Feb 22, 2006• 0 citations
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10.1016/j.physc.2006.01.031

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