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- Award ID(s):
- 2219129
- PAR ID:
- 10553693
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Chemical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Volume:
- 63
- Issue:
- 29
- ISSN:
- 0020-1669
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 13265 to 13277
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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