Acknowledgment This work is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60203044, 90412010), China 863 Project #2008BAH37B04 and Chongqing Science & Technology Commission Project (CSTC2011AC2143).
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (90412010,60603058,and 60673174);the Ministry of Education of China and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-07-0334)
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