Struct Chem
Fund of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR (ITS/079/13). Any
opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this
material (or by members of the project team) do not reflect the views of
the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, the Innovation and Technology
Commission or the Panel of Assessors for the Innovation and Technology
Support Program of the Innovation and Technology Fund. We also thank
the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF/31/2014) for partial finan-
cial support. L. T. Mika is grateful for the support of the National
Research, Development and Innovation Office—NKFIH, Budapest,
Hungary (PD116559), and the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. A. K.
Horváth is grateful for the support of the National Research,
Development and Innovation Office, NKFIH, Hungary (K116591).
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