1 School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China 2 School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK 3 Guangjie Metal Co., Ltd. Huiyang, Huizhou 516221, Guangdong, China
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