MnBi2Se4-Based Magnetic Modulated Heterostructures
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Summary and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
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Petrov, E.K.; Kuznetsov, V.M.; Eremeev, S.V. MnBi2Se4-Based Magnetic Modulated Heterostructures. Magnetism 2022, 2, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetism2010001
Petrov EK, Kuznetsov VM, Eremeev SV. MnBi2Se4-Based Magnetic Modulated Heterostructures. Magnetism. 2022; 2(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetism2010001
Chicago/Turabian StylePetrov, Evgeniy K., Vladimir M. Kuznetsov, and Sergey V. Eremeev. 2022. "MnBi2Se4-Based Magnetic Modulated Heterostructures" Magnetism 2, no. 1: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetism2010001