Environmental Engineering Reference
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CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams, the Science &
Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province (2010GSF10208), the Science &
Technology Development Plan of Yantai City (2011016;20102450), the Important Direction
Project of CAS (KZCX2-YW-JC203),Visiting Professorship for Senior International
Scientists (2012T1Z0010), Yantai Double-hundred High-end Talent Plan (XY-003-02), 135
Development Plan of YIC-CAS. We would like to thank Dr. Christine Verhille at the
University of British Columbia for her assistance with English language and grammatical
editing of the manuscript.
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