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Tomoyuki Mochida1, Takeo Koinuma, Takahiro Akasaka

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan. mochida@chem.sci.toho-u.ac.jp

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