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Jing Xin1, Dahuan Liu, Chongli Zhong

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering and the Key Lab for Nanomaterials of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
|November 16, 2007
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