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Marcin Molski1, Jerzy Konarski

  • 1Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University of Poznań, ulnica Grunwladzka 6, PL60-780 Poznań, Poland. marcin@rovib.amu.edu.pl

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