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(Grant KJZD-EW-M01-1), the International Science
&
Technology Cooperation Program of China (Grant
2010DFA41170), the Principal Investigator Award by the
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory at the University
of Science and Technology of China, and the University of
Notre Dame.
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