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Quantum corrections to electrical resistance can serve as sensitive probes of the magnetic landscape of a material. For example, interference between time-reversed electron paths gives rise to weak localization effects, which can provide…
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The magnetoresistance (MR) and the magnetization isotherms were studied up to high magnetic fields at T = 3 K and 300 K for a microcrystalline ($\mu$c) Ni foil corresponding to bulk Ni and for a nanocrystalline (nc) Ni foil. At T = 3 K, for…