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1 Department of Physical Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Machakos University, Machakos, Kenya

2 Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

3 School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban, South Africa

\*Address all correspondence to: elizabeth.ndunda@mksu.ac.ke

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