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Kagom\'{e}-staircase compound Ni$_3$V$_2$O$_8$ is an attractive multiferroic material exhibiting rich phase diagrams. However, the magnetic properties and magnetic transitions have been studied only above 1.3 K. In this work, we study the…
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