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Suzuki Y, Matsumoto K, Nomi R, Arakawa M, Horio T, Terasaki A. Photoelectron Imaging Signature for Selective Formation of Icosahedral Anionic Silver Cages Encapsulating Group 5 Elements: M@Ag 12- (M = V, Nb, and Ta). J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4327-4332. [PMID: 38619361 PMCID: PMC11057432 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
Abstract
An assembly of 13 atoms can form highly symmetric architectures like those belonging to D3h, Oh, D5h, and Ih point groups. Here, using photoelectron imaging spectroscopy in combination with density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we present a simple yet convincing experimental signature for the selective formation of icosahedral cages of anionic silver clusters encapsulating a dopant atom of group 5 elements: M@Ag12- (M = V, Nb, and Ta). Their photoelectron images obtained at 4 eV closely resemble one another: only a single ring is observed, which is assignable to photodetachment signals from a 5-fold degenerate superatomic 1D electronic shell in the 1S21P61D10 configuration of valence electrons. The perfect degeneracy represents an unambiguous fingerprint of an icosahedral symmetry, which would otherwise be lifted in all of the other structural isomers. DFT calculations confirm that Ih forms are the most stable and that D5h, Oh, and D3h structures are not found even in metastable states.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuta Suzuki
- Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Xu YS, Die D, Zheng BX. Growth pattern and electronic and magnetic properties of Cr-doped silver clusters. J Comput Chem 2023; 44:2284-2293. [PMID: 37578012 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
Growth pattern and electronic and magnetic properties of Agn Cr (n = 1-16) clusters have been investigated via density functional theory (DFT) combined with CALYPSO structure search method. The optimized geometry shows that the growth of the global minimum structures of Agn Cr clusters have obvious rule. when n > 12, silver atoms grow around an icosahedron which is almost unchanged in each structure. Analyses of electronic properties indicate that the doped Cr atom can only enhance the stability of larger silver clusters. Optical absorption and photoelectron spectra of Agn Cr isomers have been predicted and can be used for their structural identification. The icosahedral Ag12 Cr cluster with large energy level gap can be seen as a superatom. The adsorption capacity of Cr atom in Agn Cr cluster to CO is much higher than that of free Cr atom. The intensity of IR and Ramam spectra can be dramatically enhanced when CO is absorbed on Agn Cr cluster that Cr atom is encapsulated by Ag atoms. Moreover, the red shift of IR and Raman spectra of CO adsorbed on these clusters is also very small compared to free CO. Magnetism calculations show that the magnetic moment of Agn Cr clusters decreases linearly from n = 6 to 12 and increases linearly from n = 12 to 16. The total magnetic moment of Agn Cr cluster is mainly localized on the Cr atom. The change of magnetic moment of Cr atom is related to the charge transfer between Cr and Ag atoms.
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- Yu-Sheng Xu
- School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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Minamikawa K, Nishizato T, Hashimoto H, Matsumoto K, Arakawa M, Horio T, Terasaki A. Probing Superatomic Orbitals of Sc-Doped and Undoped Silver Cluster Anions via Photoelectron Angular Anisotropy. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:4011-4018. [PMID: 37083457 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Valence s electrons in alkali- or coinage-metal clusters are conceived to delocalize over the metal frameworks. The electrons occupy so-called superatomic orbitals (SAOs, i.e., 1S, 1P, 1D, 2S, 1F, ...), which provide an essential picture for understanding the size-dependent, unique properties of these metal clusters. While such electronic shells are unambiguously identified in their photoelectron spectra and supported by electronic structure calculations, characterization of SAOs in heteroatom-doped metal clusters has remained elusive as the doping significantly affects its energy levels and even alters the ordering of SAOs. Here, we present a photoelectron imaging study to explore SAOs formed in Sc-doped and undoped silver cluster anions, AgNSc- (N = 15, 16) and AgN- (N = 18, 19). Photoelectron angular distributions from their outermost SAOs are clearly visualized, whose characters are analyzed with the aid of density functional theory calculations. The present methodology enables us to explore not only the quantized energy levels but also the spatial distributions of SAOs formed in various metal cluster anions.
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- K Minamikawa
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Yokoyama T, Nakajima A. Bridging the gas and condensed phases for metal-atom encapsulating silicon- and germanium-cage superatoms: electrical properties of assembled superatoms. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:9738-9752. [PMID: 36947064 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00120b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
Abstract
With the development of nanocluster (NC) synthesis methods in the gas phase, atomically precise NCs composed of a finite number of metal and semiconductor atoms have emerged. NCs are expected to be the smallest units for nanomaterials with various functions, such as catalysts, optoelectronic materials, and electromagnetic devices. The exploration of a stable NC called a magic number NC has revealed a couple of important factors, such as a highly symmetric geometric structure and an electronic shell closure, and a magic number behavior is often enhanced by mixing additional elements. A synergetic effect between geometric and electronic structures leads to the formation of chemically robust NC units called superatoms (SAs), which act as individual units assembled as thin films. The agglomeration of non-ligated bare SAs is desirable in fabricating the assembled SAs associated with intrinsic SA nature. The recent development of an intensive pulsed magnetron sputtering method opens up the scalable synthesis of SAs in the gas phase, enabling the fabrication of SA assembly coupled with the non-destructive deposition of a soft-landing technique. This perspective describes our recent progress in the investigation of the formation of binary cage SA (BCSA) assembled thin films composed of metal-atom encapsulating silicon-cage SAs (M@Si16) and germanium-cage SAs (M@Ge16), with a focus on their electrical properties associated with a conduction mechanism toward the development of new functional nanoscale materials.
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- Takaho Yokoyama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.
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Masese T, Kanyolo GM, Miyazaki Y, Ito M, Taguchi N, Rizell J, Tachibana S, Tada K, Huang Z, Alshehabi A, Ubukata H, Kubota K, Yoshii K, Senoh H, Tassel C, Orikasa Y, Kageyama H, Saito T. Honeycomb-Layered Oxides With Silver Atom Bilayers and Emergence of Non-Abelian SU(2) Interactions. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2204672. [PMID: 36575151 PMCID: PMC9951339 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Honeycomb-layered oxides with monovalent or divalent, monolayered cationic lattices generally exhibit myriad crystalline features encompassing rich electrochemistry, geometries, and disorders, which particularly places them as attractive material candidates for next-generation energy storage applications. Herein, global honeycomb-layered oxide compositions, Ag2 M2 TeO6 ( M = Ni , Mg , etc $M = \rm Ni, Mg, etc$ .) exhibiting Ag $\rm Ag$ atom bilayers with sub-valent states within Ag-rich crystalline domains of Ag6 M2 TeO6 and Ag $\rm Ag$ -deficient domains of Ag 2 - x Ni 2 TeO 6 ${\rm Ag}_{2 - x}\rm Ni_2TeO_6$ ( 0 < x < 2 $0 < x < 2$ ). The Ag $\rm Ag$ -rich material characterized by aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy reveals local atomic structural disorders characterized by aperiodic stacking and incoherency in the bilayer arrangement of Ag $\rm Ag$ atoms. Meanwhile, the global material not only displays high ionic conductivity but also manifests oxygen-hole electrochemistry during silver-ion extraction. Within the Ag $\rm Ag$ -rich domains, the bilayered structure, argentophilic interactions therein and the expected Ag $\rm Ag$ sub-valent states ( 1 / 2 + , 2 / 3 + $1/2+, 2/3+$ , etc.) are theoretically understood via spontaneous symmetry breaking of SU(2)× U(1) gauge symmetry interactions amongst 3 degenerate mass-less chiral fermion states, justified by electron occupancy of silver 4 d z 2 $4d_{z^2}$ and 5s orbitals on a bifurcated honeycomb lattice. This implies that bilayered frameworks have research applications that go beyond the confines of energy storage.
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- Titus Masese
- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
- AIST‐Kyoto University Chemical Energy Materials Open Innovation Laboratory (ChEM‐OIL)Sakyo‐kuKyoto606‐8501Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
- Department of Engineering ScienceThe University of Electro‐Communications1‐5‐1 ChofugaokaChofuTokyo182‐8585Japan
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- Tsukuba LaboratorySumika Chemical Analysis Service (SCAS), Ltd.TsukubaIbaraki300‐3266Japan
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- Tsukuba LaboratorySumika Chemical Analysis Service (SCAS), Ltd.TsukubaIbaraki300‐3266Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
- Department of PhysicsChalmers University of TechnologySE‐412GöteborgSweden
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- Graduate School of Life SciencesRitsumeikan University1‐1‐1 Noji‐higashiKusatsuShiga525‐8577Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)Nanjing210023China
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- Department of Industrial EngineeringNational Institute of Technology (KOSEN)Ibaraki College, 866 NakaneHitachinakaIbaraki312‐8508Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto UniversityNishikyo‐kuKyoto615‐8510Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical EnergyNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)1‐8‐31 MidorigaokaIkedaOsaka563‐8577Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto UniversityNishikyo‐kuKyoto615‐8510Japan
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- Graduate School of Life SciencesRitsumeikan University1‐1‐1 Noji‐higashiKusatsuShiga525‐8577Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringKyoto UniversityNishikyo‐kuKyoto615‐8510Japan
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- Tsukuba LaboratorySumika Chemical Analysis Service (SCAS), Ltd.TsukubaIbaraki300‐3266Japan
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Huang B, Zhang H, Geng L, Luo Z. An Open-Shell Superatom Cluster Ta 10- with Enhanced Stability by United d-d π Bonds and d-Orbital Superatomic States. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:9711-9717. [PMID: 36220259 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We carried out a comprehensive study on the gas-phase reactions of Tan- (n = 5-27) with nitrogen using a customized reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer coupled with a velocity map imaging apparatus (Re-TOFMS-VMI). Among the studied tantalum clusters, Ta10- exhibits prominent mass abundance indicative of its unique inertness. DFT calculation results revealed a D4d bipyramidal prolate structure of the most stable Ta10-, which was verified by photoelectron spectroscopy experiments. The calculations also unveiled that Ta10- has the largest HOMO-LUMO gap and second-order difference of binding energy among the studied clusters. This is associated with its well-organized superatomic orbitals, which consist of both 6s and 5d orbitals of tantalum atoms, allowing for splitting of superatomic 1D and 2P orbitals and an enlarged gap between the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) and unoccupied β counterpart, which brings forth stabilization energy pertaining to Jahn-Teller distortion. Also, the SOMO exhibits a united d-d π orbital pattern that embraces the central Ta8- moiety.
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- Benben Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Arakawa M, Hayashi N, Minamikawa K, Nishizato T, Terasaki A. Exploring s-d, s-f, and d-f Electron Interactions in Ag nCe + and Ag nSm + by Chemical Reaction toward O 2. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6920-6926. [PMID: 36154008 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigate gas-phase reactions of free AgnCe+ and AgnSm+ clusters with oxygen molecules to explore s-d, s-f, and d-f electron interactions in the finite size regime; a Ce atom has a 5d electron as well as a 4f electron, whereas a Sm atom has six 4f electrons without 5d electrons. In the reaction of AgnCe+ (n = 3-20), the Ce atom located on the cluster surface provides an active site except for n = 15 and 16, as inferred from the composition of the reaction products with oxygen bound to the Ce atom as well as from their relatively high reactivity. The extremely low reactivity for n = 15 and 16 is due to encapsulation of the Ce atom by Ag atoms. The minimum reactivity observed at n = 16 suggests that a closed electronic shell with 18 valence electrons is formed with a delocalized Ce 5d electron, while the localized Ce 4f electron does not contribute to the shell closure. As for AgnSm+ (n = 1-18), encapsulation of the Sm atom was observed for n ≥ 15. The lower reactivity at n = 17 than at n = 16 and 18 implies that an 18-valence-electron shell closure is formed with s electrons from Ag and Sm atoms; Sm 4f electrons are not involved in the shell closure as in the case of AgnCe+. The present results suggest that the 4f electrons tend to localize on the lanthanoid atom, whereas the 5d electron delocalizes to contribute to the electron shell closure.
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- Masashi Arakawa
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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