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Nguyen Viet Long

*Department of Molecular and Material Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakouen, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan Department of Education and Training, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Nguyen Trai, Ha Dong, Hanoi, Vietnam Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan Laboratory for Nanotechnology, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam National University, Linh-Trung, Thu-Duc, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam* 

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Cao Minh Thi *Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Dien-Bien-Phu, Binh-Thach, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam* 

### Masayuki Nogami

*Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan* 

### Michitaka Ohtaki

*Department of Molecular and Material Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakouen, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan* 
