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Johan Alauzun1, Ahmad Mehdi, Catherine Reyé

  • 1Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Organisation du Solide, UMR 5637 CNRS, Institut Charles Gerhardt, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, c 007, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.

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|July 6, 2006
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