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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the NSFC (51273141, 51303122, 21203135,
1363009), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
BK20130262), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu
Provincial Department of Education (11KJA430003), Excellent
Innovation Team in Science and Technology of Jiangsu
Provincial Department of Education, Project of Science and
Technology of Suzhou (SYG201204), the Priority Academic
Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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Environment Functional Materials, and the Young Scientist
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