Acknowledgments This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 30470693, 30871013 to Yong-fen QI), the State Major Basic Research Development Program of the People's Republic of China (No 2006CB503807 to Yong-fen QI), and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation of the People's Republic of China (No 7052041 to Yong-fen QI).
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Project supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of the People's Republic of China(No G2000-056905);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No 30470693)
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