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  1. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, nab. Makarova 2, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    V. Ya. Shevchenko

  2. Samara State University, ul. Akademika Pavlova 1, Samara, 443011, Russia

    V. A. Blatov

  3. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 59, Moscow, 117333, Russia

    G. D. Ilyushin

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Shevchenko, V.Y., Blatov, V.A. & Ilyushin, G.D. Structural chemistry of metal microclusters: Questions and answers. Glass Phys Chem 35, 1–12 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659609010015

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