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Paixao1, Matos Beja A, Ramos Silva M

  • 1Departamento de Fisica, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, P-3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal. jap@pollux. fis.uc.pt.

Acta Crystallographica. Section C, Crystal Structure Communications
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