19 results on '"Ying Hoi Lai"'
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2. A ZigBee-Based Wireless Sensor Network Node for Ultraviolet Detection of Flame.
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Pedro Cheong, Ka-Fai Chang, Ying-Hoi Lai, Sut-Kam Ho, Iam-Keong Sou, and Kam-Weng Tam
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- 2011
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3. MBE-grown Zincblende MnSe1−xTex Thin Films on ZnTe
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Jian Xu, Sut-Kam Ho, Ying Hoi Lai, Jing Liang, Kam-Weng Tam, Man Kit Cheng, and Iam Keong Sou
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010302 applied physics ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Terahertz radiation ,Alloy ,Lattice distortion ,Resonant-tunneling diode ,Heterojunction ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Lattice (order) ,0103 physical sciences ,Materials Chemistry ,engineering ,Optoelectronics ,Thin film ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Common emitter - Abstract
We report studies on the role of a ZnTe buffer in determining the crystalline phase of MBE-grown MnSe1−xTex alloy thin films. It was found that MBE growth of MnSe and MnTe directly onto a zincblende GaAs substrate usually result in their corresponding stable phases, which are rocksalt and hexagonal, respectively. A set of zincblende MnSe1−xTex alloy thin films with Te composition covering from 0.27 to 1 were fabricated on zincblende ZnTe buffer layers. We have addressed the lattice distortion issue due to thin film effect for these films. A combination of several structural characterizations demonstrates that a perfect lattice matched MnSe1−xTex/ZnTe heterostructure can indeed be realized. The results of this study pave the way for realizing a double-barrier MnSe1−xTex/ZnTe/MnSe1−xTex resonant tunneling diode structure with perfect lattice match as a candidate for a promising THz emitter.
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- 2019
4. Rocksalt MgS solar blind ultra-violet detectors
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Ying-Hoi Lai, Wai-Yip Cheung, Shu-Kin Lok, George K. L. Wong, Sut-Kam Ho, Kam-Weng Tam, and Iam-Keong Sou
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Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
Studies using in-situ Auger electron spectroscopy and reflection high energy electron diffraction, and ex-situ high resolution X-ray diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction reveal that a MgS thin film grown directly on a GaAs (100) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy adopts its most stable phase, the rocksalt structure, with a lattice constant of 5.20 Å. A Au/MgS/n+-GaAs (100) Schottky-barrier photodiode was fabricated and its room temperature photoresponse was measured to have a sharp fall-off edge at 235 nm with rejection of more than three orders at 400 nm and higher than five orders at 500 nm, promising for various solar-blind UV detection applications.
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- 2012
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5. A Compact Solid-State UV Flame Sensing System Based on Wide-Gap II–VI Thin Film Materials
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Man Kit Cheng, Yi Liu, Ying Hoi Lai, Iam Keong Sou, Liang Xi Pang, Jing Liang, Jun Shu Chen, and Jia Jun Liang
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010302 applied physics ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Solid-state ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Power (physics) ,Control and Systems Engineering ,0103 physical sciences ,Optoelectronics ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Thin film ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Sensing system ,Signal amplification ,Wide gap - Abstract
A compact solid-state UV flame sensing system is developed and tested. We have addressed two approaches for obtaining additional six orders of long-wavelength rejection power on top of that of the built-in UV sensor based on a wide-bandgap II–VI Schottky-barrier structure. An op-amp-based amplification circuit with an average gain of 16 600 is used for signal amplification. It is demonstrated that the developed sensing system could detect a standard butane-air flame with excellent solar-blind characteristics, potentially capable for monitoring industrial boilers. Several feasible approaches were discussed for further improvement in the performance of the developed sensing system targeting its general usage in fire-safety applications.
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- 2018
6. Large-area epitaxial growth of MoSe
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Man Kit, Cheng, Jing, Liang, Ying Hoi, Lai, Liang Xi, Pang, Yi, Liu, Jun Ying, Shen, Jian Qiang, Hou, Qing, Lin He, Bo Chao, Xu, Jun Shu, Chen, Gan, Wang, Chang, Liu, Rolf, Lortz, and Iam Keong, Sou
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We have developed an incandescent Mo source to fabricate large-area single-crystalline MoSe
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- 2017
7. Self-Assembled Formation of Well-Aligned Cu-Te Nano-Rods on Heavily Cu-Doped ZnTe Thin Films
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Jing Liang, Ying Hoi Lai, Man Kit Cheng, Sean Derman Yang, Iam Keong Sou, Gan Wang, Sut-Kam Ho, Guanglu Wei, and Kam-Weng Tam
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Materials science ,MBE ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Chemical reaction ,Self-assembled nano-rods ,Materials Science(all) ,0103 physical sciences ,General Materials Science ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Thin film ,Surface modulation ,010302 applied physics ,Dopant ,Nano Express ,business.industry ,Doping ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Semiconductor ,Electron diffraction ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Heavily Cu-doped ZnTe ,Molecular beam epitaxy - Abstract
Cu doping of ZnTe, which is an important semiconductor for various optoelectronic applications, has been successfully achieved previously by several techniques. However, besides its electrical transport characteristics, other physical and chemical properties of heavily Cu-doped ZnTe have not been reported. We found an interesting self-assembled formation of crystalline well-aligned Cu-Te nano-rods near the surface of heavily Cu-doped ZnTe thin films grown via the molecular beam epitaxy technique. A phenomenological growth model is presented based on the observed crystallographic morphology and measured chemical composition of the nano-rods using various imaging and chemical analysis techniques. When substitutional doping reaches its limit, the extra Cu atoms favor an up-migration toward the surface, leading to a one-dimensional surface modulation and formation of Cu-Te nano-rods, which explain unusual observations on the reflection high energy electron diffraction patterns and apparent resistivity of these thin films. This study provides an insight into some unexpected chemical reactions involved in the heavily Cu-doped ZnTe thin films, which may be applied to other material systems that contain a dopant having strong reactivity with the host matrix. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s11671-016-1741-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- 2016
8. A ZigBee-Based Wireless Sensor Network Node for Ultraviolet Detection of Flame
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Ka-Fai Chang, Sut-Kam Ho, Ying-Hoi Lai, Iam Keong Sou, Pedro Cheong, and Kam-Weng Tam
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Engineering ,business.industry ,Node (networking) ,Amplifier ,Flame detection ,Detector ,Photodetector ,Luminous flame ,Control and Systems Engineering ,Sensor node ,Optoelectronics ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business ,Wireless sensor network - Abstract
This paper describes a ZigBee-based wireless sensor network node for the ultraviolet (UV) detection of flame. The sensor node is composed of a ZnSSe UV photodetector, a current-sensitive front end including a high-gain current-to-voltage amplifier with 120 dB and a logarithm converter, and a transceiver operated at a 2.4-GHz industrial, scientific, and medical band. A passive photodetector is designed to have a cutoff at 360 nm and convert the UV emission of flame into picoamperes. Including mixed signal processing and ZigBee transmission, the speed of flame detection is as fast as 70 ms. The sensor node consumes only an average of 2.3 mW from a 3.3-V supply. The performance of a prototype sensor node was verified when the luminous flame was imaged onto the sensor node with different angles ranging from -30° to 30° and distances of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 m enabling effective fire safety applications.
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- 2011
9. Large-area epitaxial growth of MoSe2via an incandescent molybdenum source
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Iam Keong Sou, Rolf Lortz, Junying Shen, Man Kit Cheng, Jun Shu Chen, Jian Qiang Hou, Chang Liu, Liang Xi Pang, Qing Lin He, Yi Liu, Ying Hoi Lai, Gan Wang, Bochao Xu, and Jing Liang
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Materials science ,Reflection high-energy electron diffraction ,Photoemission spectroscopy ,Bioengineering ,Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Electron spectroscopy ,symbols.namesake ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Spectroscopy ,X-ray spectroscopy ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Electron diffraction ,Mechanics of Materials ,symbols ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman spectroscopy ,business - Abstract
We have developed an incandescent Mo source to fabricate large-area single-crystalline MoSe2 thin films. The as-grown MoSe2 thin films were characterized using transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL), reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). A new Raman characteristic peak at 1591 cm-1 was identified. Results from Raman spectroscopy, PL, RHEED and ARPES studies consistently reveal that large-area single crystalline mono-layer of MoSe2 could be achieved by this technique. This technique enjoys several advantages over conventional approaches and could be extended to the growth of other two-dimensional layered materials containing a low-vapor-pressure element.
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10. MBE-grown MgS-base solar-blind UV detector for flame sensing applications
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Ying Hoi Lai
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- 2015
11. Computational study of the transparent window for the water beam assisted form error in-process optical measurement method
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Ying Hoi Lai
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- 2014
12. Two-dimensional superconductivity at the interface of a Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructure
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Jiannong Wang, Qing Lin He, Rolf Lortz, Ying Hoi Lai, Iam Keong Sou, Mingquan He, Hongchao Liu, Kam Tuen Law, Hongtao He, and Gan Wang
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Superconductivity ,Multidisciplinary ,Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Transition temperature ,Condensed Matter - Superconductivity ,General Physics and Astronomy ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Heterojunction ,General Chemistry ,Fermion ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) ,MAJORANA ,Topological insulator ,Condensed Matter::Superconductivity ,Critical field ,Surface states - Abstract
Superconductivity at the interface of a heterostructure confined to nanometer-sized scale offers unique opportunities to study the exotic physics of two-dimensional superconductivity. The realization of superconductivity at the interface between a topological insulator and an iron-chalcogenide compound is highly attractive for exploring several recent theoretical predictions involving these two new classes of materials. Here, we report transport measurements on a Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructure fabricated via van der Waals epitaxy, which demonstrate superconductivity at the interface induced by the Bi2Te3 epilayer with thickness even down to one quintuple layer. The two-dimensional nature of the observed superconductivity with the highest transition temperature around 12 K was verified by the existence of a Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and the diverging ratio of in-plane to out-plane upper critical field on approaching the superconducting transition temperature. With the combination of interface superconductivity and Dirac surface states of Bi2Te3, the heterostructure studied in this work provides a novel platform for realizing Majorana fermions., 24 pages, 5 figures and supplementary information
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- 2013
13. Surface Reactivity Enhancement on a Pd/Bi2Te3 Heterostructure through Robust Topological Surface States
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Qing Lin He, Yao Lu, Ying Hoi Lai, Iam Keong Sou, and Kam Tuen Law
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Multidisciplinary ,Materials science ,Surface Properties ,Bilayer ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Heterojunction ,Topology ,Article ,Condensed Matter::Materials Science ,Delocalized electron ,Ferromagnetism ,chemistry ,Materials Testing ,Nanoparticles ,Adsorption ,Texture (crystalline) ,Tellurium ,Physics::Chemical Physics ,Thin film ,Bismuth ,Palladium ,Surface states - Abstract
We present a study of the surface reactivity of a Pd/Bi2Te3 thin film heterostructure. The topological surface states from Bi2Te3, being delocalized and robust owing to their topological natures, were found to act as an effective electron bath that significantly enhances the surface reactivity of palladium in the presence of two oxidizing agents, oxygen and tellurium respectively, which is consistent with a theoretical calculation. The surface reactivity of the adsorbed tellurium on this heterostructure is also intensified possibly benefitted from the effective transfer of the bath electrons. A partially inserted iron ferromagnetic layer at the interface of this heterostructure was found to play two competing roles arising from the higher-lying d-band center of the Pd/Fe bilayer and the interaction between the ferromagnetism and the surface spin texture of Bi2Te3 on the surface reactivity and their characteristics also demonstrate that the electron bath effect is long-lasting against accumulated thickness of adsorbates.
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- 2013
14. Factors affecting the shape of MBE-grown laterally aligned Fe nanowires
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Y. Wang, Alexander Paul Petrović, Iam Keong Sou, George K.L. Wong, Gan Wang, Rolf Lortz, Christos Panagopoulos, S.K. Lok, Ying Hoi Lai, Jia Chao Tian, and School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
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Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Mechanical Engineering ,Nanowire ,Bioengineering ,Nanotechnology ,General Chemistry ,Coercivity ,Magnetic hysteresis ,Epitaxy ,Magnetization ,Mechanics of Materials ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Single domain ,Thin film ,Molecular beam epitaxy - Abstract
Various microstructural and chemical analysis techniques were applied to study two types (type-A and B) of self-assembled laterally aligned Fe nanowires (NWs) fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy on a ZnS buffer layer. The formation of the three-dimensional shapes of these NWs was found to be driven by the principle of surface energy minimization. We have provided phenomenological models to address the factors affecting the observed topological shape of these NWs, including the role of the lattice relationship between the Fe NWs and the underlying buffer layer, growth temperature, Fe nominal coverage and substrate orientation. Magnetic hysteresis measurements were performed at different temperature, demonstrating the Fe NWs possess a coercivity about 30 times larger than that of a Fe thin film. The observed gradual magnetization reversal indicates the magnetization process is accomplished by the rotation of magnetic moments within a single domain.
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- 2012
15. High performance CaS solar-blind ultraviolet photodiodes fabricated by seed-layer-assisted growth
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Qing Lin He, Yi Liu, Ying Hoi Lai, Emeline Beltjens, Iam Keong Sou, and Jie Qi
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Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,business.industry ,Wide-bandgap semiconductor ,Epitaxy ,medicine.disease_cause ,Photodiode ,law.invention ,Gallium arsenide ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,law ,medicine ,Optoelectronics ,Quantum efficiency ,Thin film ,business ,Ultraviolet ,Molecular beam epitaxy - Abstract
CaS, with a direct bandgap of 5.38 eV, is expected to be a strong candidate as the active-layer of high performance solar-blind UV photodiodes that have important applications in both civilian and military sectors. Here, we report that a seed-layer-assisted growth approach via molecular beam epitaxy can result in high crystalline quality rocksalt CaS thin films on zincblende GaAs substrates. The Au/CaS/GaAs solar-blind photodiodes demonstrated , more than five orders in its visible rejection power, a photoresponse of 36.8 mA/w at zero bias and a corresponding quantum efficiency as high as 19% at 235 nm.
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- 2015
16. Molecular beam epitaxy-grown wurtzite MgS thin films for solar-blind ultra-violet detection
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Iam Keong Sou, S.K. Lok, Wai Yip Cheung, Kam Sing Wong, Qing Lin He, Suet Kam Ho, Kam-Weng Tam, and Ying Hoi Lai
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Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Band gap ,business.industry ,Photodiode ,law.invention ,law ,Phase (matter) ,Optoelectronics ,Quantum efficiency ,Direct and indirect band gaps ,Thin film ,business ,Molecular beam epitaxy ,Wurtzite crystal structure - Abstract
Molecular beam epitaxy grown MgS on GaAs(111)B substrate was resulted in wurtzite phase, as demonstrated by detailed structural characterizations. Phenomenological arguments were used to account for why wurtzite phase is preferred over zincblende phase or its most stable rocksalt phase. Results of photoresponse and reflectance measurements performed on wurtzite MgS photodiodes suggest a direct bandgap at around 5.1 eV. Their response peaks at 245 nm with quantum efficiency of 9.9% and enjoys rejection of more than three orders at 320 nm and close to five orders at longer wavelengths, proving the photodiodes highly competitive in solar-blind ultraviolet detection.
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- 2013
17. Rocksalt MgS solar blind ultra-violet detectors
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George K.L. Wong, Wai-Yip Cheung, Ying Hoi Lai, Shu-Kin Lok, Iam Keong Sou, Kam-Weng Tam, and Sut-Kam Ho
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Diffraction ,Auger electron spectroscopy ,Materials science ,business.industry ,General Physics and Astronomy ,lcsh:QC1-999 ,Lattice constant ,Electron diffraction ,X-ray crystallography ,Optoelectronics ,Thin film ,business ,lcsh:Physics ,Molecular beam epitaxy ,Electron backscatter diffraction - Abstract
Studies using in-situ Auger electron spectroscopy and reflection high energy electron diffraction, and ex-situ high resolution X-ray diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction reveal that a MgS thin film grown directly on a GaAs (100) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy adopts its most stable phase, the rocksalt structure, with a lattice constant of 5.20 A. A Au/MgS/n+-GaAs (100) Schottky-barrier photodiode was fabricated and its room temperature photoresponse was measured to have a sharp fall-off edge at 235 nm with rejection of more than three orders at 400 nm and higher than five orders at 500 nm, promising for various solar-blind UV detection applications.
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- 2012
18. Surface Reactivity Enhancement on a Pd/Bi2Te3 Heterostructure through Robust Topological Surface States.
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Qing Lin He, Ying Hoi Lai, Yao Lu, Kam Tuen Law, and Iam Keong Sou
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THIN films , *OXIDIZING agents , *TELLURIUM , *FERROMAGNETISM , *ADSORBATES - Abstract
We present a study of the surface reactivity of a Pd/Bi2Te3 thin film heterostructure. The topological surface states from Bi2Te3, being delocalized and robust owing to their topological natures, were found to act as an effective electron bath that significantly enhances the surface reactivity of palladium in the presence of two oxidizing agents, oxygen and tellurium respectively, which is consistent with a theoretical calculation. The surface reactivity of the adsorbed tellurium on this heterostructure is also intensified possibly benefitted from the effective transfer of the bath electrons. A partially inserted iron ferromagnetic layer at the interface of this heterostructure was found to play two competing roles arising from the higher-lyingd-band center of the Pd/Fe bilayer and the interaction between the ferromagnetism and the surface spin texture of Bi2Te3 on the surface reactivity and their characteristics also demonstrate that the electron bath effect is long-lasting against accumulated thickness of adsorbates [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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19. Anisotropic magnetic responses of a 2D-superconducting Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructure.
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Qing Lin He, Mingquan He, Junying Shen, Ying Hoi Lai, Yi Liu, Hongchao Liu, Hongtao He, Gan Wang, Jiannong Wang, Rolf Lortz, and Iam Keong Sou
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- 2015
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