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Duy-Nam Phan and Ick-Soo Kim\* Division of Frontier Fibers, Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan

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

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