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[1] Zheng Kun Yang, Le Xin Song*, Yue Teng, Juan Xia and Pu Du, Nickel oxide nanoflowers: formation, structure, magnetic property and adsorptive performance towards organic dyes and heavy metal ions, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 8731−8736.