Istituto di Biostrutture Biommagini (IBB-CNR), CNR - Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Via Mezzocannone 16, Napoli, Italy
Area della Ricerca di Pisa, Istituto di Chimica Dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), CNR - Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy
Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, Girona, Spain
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