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Tanzil Ur Rehman1 , Luqman Ali Shah1 \*, Noor Saeed Khattak1 , Abbas Khan2 , Noor Rehman3 and Sultan Alam4

1 Polymer Laboratory, National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan

2 Department of Chemistry, Abdulwali Khan University Mardan, KPK, Pakistan

3 Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, KP, Pakistan

4 Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, KPK, Pakistan

\*Address all correspondence to: luqman\_alisha@yahoo.com; luqman\_alisha@uop.edu.pk

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