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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61574079, 61106009, 11704197) and Open Foundation of Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Materials Science and Technology (Grant No. 2018JSGDXX016).
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Tao, Z., Xu, L., Fang, H. et al. Spin-valve magnetoresistance in single-phase ε-Fe2∼3N film. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 62, 229402 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2686-6
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