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Jang J, Jo JW, Ohto T, Yoon HJ. Seebeck Effect in Molecular Wires Facilitating Long-Range Transport. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4922-4929. [PMID: 38324711 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
Abstract
The study of molecular wires facilitating long-range charge transport is of fundamental interest for the development of various technologies in (bio)organic and molecular electronics. Defining the nature of long-range charge transport is challenging as electrical characterization does not offer the ability to distinguish a tunneling mechanism from the other. Here, we show that investigation of the Seebeck effect provides the ability. We examine the length dependence of the Seebeck coefficient in electrografted bis-terpyridine Ru(II) complex films. The Seebeck coefficient ranges from 307 to 1027 μV/K, with an increasing rate of 95.7 μV/(K nm) as the film thickness increases to 10 nm. Quantum-chemical calculations unveil that the nearly overlapped molecular-orbital energy level of the Ru complex with the Fermi level accounts for the giant thermopower. Landauer-Büttiker probe simulations indicate that the significant length dependence evinces the Seebeck effect dominated by coherent near-resonant tunneling rather than thermal hopping. This study enhances our comprehension of long-range charge transport, paving the way for efficient electronic and thermoelectric materials.
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- Jiung Jang
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Materials Design Innovation Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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Amunugama S, Asempa E, Jakubikova E, Verani CN. Probing the effect of nitro-substituents in the modulation of LUMO energies for directional electron transport through 4d 6 ruthenium(II)-based metallosurfactants. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:12423-12435. [PMID: 37594397 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01797d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Electron-withdrawing nitro-substituents were installed onto terpyridine- and phenanthroline-based metallosurfactants with 4d6 ruthenium(II), which were deposited as Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers aiming to study the feasibility of charge transport in Au|LB|Au junctions. The nitro groups are intended to modulate the energy of the frontier molecular orbitals to near to, or match that of Fermi levels in the gold electrodes. A series of heteroleptic metallosurfactants [RuII(C18OPh-terpy)(X-terpy)](PF6)2 and [RuII(C18OPh-terpy)(X-phen)Cl]PF6 were synthesized, where C18OPh-terpy is the 4'-[4-(octadecyloxy)phenyl]-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine amphiphile common to all species, X-terpy is a terpyridine with-H (1) or-phenyl-NO2 (2) and X-phen is a phenanthroline with-H (3) or-NO2 (4) groups. These metallosurfactants were characterized by experimental and computational methods, and the presence of nitro groups affect more affordable reductions at less negative potentials, as well as slightly more positive oxidations, these changes are less pronounced in species 2 than in 4. Species 1 and 2 showed limited Pockels-Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett film formation with lower collapse pressure of 27 mN m-1. In contrast, metallosurfactants 3 and 4 showed enhanced hydrophilicity indicated by higher collapse pressures of ca. 36 mN m-1. The LB monolayers of 3 and 4 were deposited on gold electrodes to form Au|LB|Au junctions and electron transport was measured as I/V curves. The NO2-bearing species 4 showed asymmetric curves associated with directional electron transport with amplitudes up to -2.0 nA and rectification ratios from 5 to 26 between -1 to +1 V and from 3 to 14 between -3 to +3 V.
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- Samudra Amunugama
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Amunugama S, Asempa E, Tripathi RC, Wanniarachchi D, Baydoun H, Hoffmann P, Jakubikova E, Verani CN. Electron transport through a (terpyridine)ruthenium metallo-surfactant containing a redox-active aminocatechol derivative. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:8425-8436. [PMID: 35593395 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00938b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Aiming to develop a new class of metallosurfactants with unidirectional electron transfer properties, a (terpyridine) ruthenium complex containing a semiquinone derivative L2, namely [RuIII(Lterpy)(L2)Cl]PF6 (1), was synthesized and structurally characterized as a solid and in solution. The electronic and redox behaviour of 1 was studied experimentally as well as by means of DFT methods, and is indicative of significant orbital mixing and overlap between metal and ligands. The complex forms stable Pockels-Langmuir films at the air-water interface and allows for the formation of thin films onto gold electrodes to prepare nanoscale Au|LB 1|Au junctions for current-voltage (I/V) analysis. Complex 1 shows asymmetric electron transfer with a maximum rectification ratio of 32 based on tunnelling through MOs of the aminocatechol derivative.
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- Samudra Amunugama
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Bhosale SV, Al Kobaisi M, Jadhav RW, Morajkar PP, Jones LA, George S. Naphthalene diimides: perspectives and promise. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:9845-9998. [PMID: 34308940 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00239a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this review, we describe the developments in the field of naphthalene diimides (NDIs) from 2016 to the presentday. NDIs are shown to be an increasingly interesting class of molecules due to their electronic properties, large electron deficient aromatic cores and tendency to self-assemble into functional structures. Almost all NDIs possess high electron affinity, good charge carrier mobility, and excellent thermal and oxidative stability, making them promising candidates for applications in organic electronics, photovoltaic devices, and flexible displays. NDIs have also been extensively studied due to their potential real-world uses across a wide variety of applications including supramolecular chemistry, sensing, host-guest complexes for molecular switching devices, such as catenanes and rotaxanes, ion-channels, catalysis, and medicine and as non-fullerene accepters in solar cells. In recent years, NDI research with respect to supramolecular assemblies and mechanoluminescent properties has also gained considerable traction. Thus, this review will assist a wide range of readers and researchers including chemists, physicists, biologists, medicinal chemists and materials scientists in understanding the scope for development and applicability of NDI dyes in their respective fields through a discussion of the main properties of NDI derivatives and of the status of emerging applications.
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- Sheshanath V Bhosale
- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- New Chemistry Unit (NCU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur PO, Bangalore-560064, India
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Lu K, Min Z, Qin J, Shi P, Wu J, Fan J, Min Y, Xu Q. Preparation of nitrogen self-doped hierarchical porous carbon with rapid-freezing support for cooperative pollutant adsorption and catalytic oxidation of persulfate. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 752:142282. [PMID: 33207523 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Herein, we report a method to synthesize nitrogen self-doped hierarchical porous carbon materials derived from chitosan. This method uses potassium hydroxide (KOH) activation and rapid-freezing technology. The catalyst (CA-900Q 1-1) obtained after rapid-freezing and KOH activation treatment show excellent persulfate activation ability. It can remove 20 mg bisphenol A (BPA) within 10 min better than traditional metal oxidate and nanomaterials. In the aquatic environment, CA-900Q 1-1 has a high resistance to inorganic anions. CA-900Q 1-1, possessing a high proportion of graphitic nitrogen, provides a sufficient number of active sites for persulfate activation. In addition, the catalyst yielded sizeable specific surface areas (SSAs) (1756.1 m2/g) and a hierarchical pore structure, which helps to improve the mass transfer in the carbon framework. The efficient adsorption of pollutants by the catalyst shortens the time required for target organic molecules to migrate to the catalyst surface and hierarchical pore structure. Furthermore, the catalyst has excellent electrical conductivity (R = 1.73 Ω), which enables pollutants adsorbed on the catalyst surface to transfer electrons to the persulfate through the N-doped sp2-hybrid carbon network faster.
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- Keren Lu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200090, PR China..
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- Henan University of Urban Construction, Henan Province Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Rehabilitation Technology, Pingdingshan, Henan 467036, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200090, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200090, PR China
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Yao X, Sun X, Lafolet F, Lacroix JC. Long-Range Charge Transport in Diazonium-Based Single-Molecule Junctions. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:6899-6907. [PMID: 32786941 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Thin layers of cobalt and ruthenium polypyridyl-oligomers with thicknesses between 2 and 8 nm were deposited on gold by electrochemical reduction of diazonium salts. A scanning tunneling microscope was used to create single-molecule junctions (SMJs). The charge transport properties of the Au-[Co(tpy)2]n-Au (n = 1-4) SMJs do not depend markedly on the oligomer length, have an extremely low attenuation factor (β ∼ 0.19 nm-1), and do not show a thickness-dependent transition between two mechanisms. Resonant charge transport is proposed as the main transport mechanism. The SMJ conductance decreases by 1 order of magnitude upon changing the metal from Co to Ru. In Au-[Ru(tpy)2]n-Au and Au-[Ru(bpy)3]n-Au SMJs, a charge transport transition from direct tunneling to hopping is evidenced by a break in the length-dependent β-plot. The three different mechanisms observed are a clear molecular signature on transport in SMJs. Most importantly, these results are in good agreement with those obtained on large-area molecular junctions.
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- Xinlei Yao
- Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS-UMR 7086, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS-UMR 7086, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS-UMR 7086, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS-UMR 7086, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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Zhao S, Gai P, Yu W, Li H, Li F. High-performance non-enzymatic biofuel cells based on an organic copper complex cathode and a nanoporous gold nanoparticle anode. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:1887-1890. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09333d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We developed non-enzymatic biofuel cells based on organic copper complex and nanoporous gold nanoparticle electrocatalysts in a neutral medium.
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- Shifan Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Qingdao Agricultural University
- Qingdao 266109
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Qingdao Agricultural University
- Qingdao 266109
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Qingdao Agricultural University
- Qingdao 266109
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Qingdao Agricultural University
- Qingdao 266109
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Qingdao Agricultural University
- Qingdao 266109
- P. R. China
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Nguyen QV, Martin P, Frath D, Della Rocca ML, Lafolet F, Bellinck S, Lafarge P, Lacroix JC. Highly Efficient Long-Range Electron Transport in a Viologen-Based Molecular Junction. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:10131-10134. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Quyen Van Nguyen
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Department of Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, 15 rue Jean-Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Department of Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
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López I, Cesbron M, Levillain E, Breton T. Diazonium Grafting Control through a Redox Cross-Reaction: Elucidation of the Mechanism Involved when using 2,2-Diphenylpicrylhydrazyl as an Inhibitor. ChemElectroChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201701331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Isidoro López
- MOLTECH-Anjou - UMR 6200 CNRS; Université d'Angers; 2 Boulevard Lavoisier 49045 ANGERS Cedex FRANCE
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- MOLTECH-Anjou - UMR 6200 CNRS; Université d'Angers; 2 Boulevard Lavoisier 49045 ANGERS Cedex FRANCE
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- MOLTECH-Anjou - UMR 6200 CNRS; Université d'Angers; 2 Boulevard Lavoisier 49045 ANGERS Cedex FRANCE
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- MOLTECH-Anjou - UMR 6200 CNRS; Université d'Angers; 2 Boulevard Lavoisier 49045 ANGERS Cedex FRANCE
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