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Maestro, P., Chagny, M., Jobert, P.P., Van Damme, H., Berthier, S. (2008). Optics. In: Bréchignac, C., Houdy, P., Lahmani, M. (eds) Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72993-8_29
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