**Author details**

Davood Kharaghani<sup>1</sup> , Zahra Tajbakhsh<sup>2</sup> , Phan Duy Nam<sup>1</sup> and Ick Soo Kim<sup>1</sup> \*

1 Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan

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\*Address all correspondence to: kim@shinshu-u.ac.jp

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