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Acknowledgements The research was funded by International Cooperation Program of Ministry
of Science and Technology of China (2015DFG31840 and 2012DFG31450), State Technology
Support Program (2015BAD22B04) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
of China (lzujbky-2015-ct02 and lzujbky-2015-br02) and “111” Program (2007B051) and
Innovative Team Program of Ministry of Education (IRT_13R26).
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