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Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hung, Wen Yi ^a   Fang, Guan Cheng ^a   Lin, Shih Wei ^b   Cheng, Shuo Hsien ^b   Wong, Ken Tsung ^b,c   Kuo, Ting Yi ^b   Chou, Pi Tai ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84902097228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05161     Document Type: Article

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