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Hai-Tao Yu1, Yi Wei, Yan Zhang

  • 1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.

Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|May 18, 2011
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