the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31672364,31761133021,32072419,31701794,31801749);the Pro-gram for Top Young Academic Leaders of Higher Learn-ing Institutions of Shanxi(TYAL)2017;Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Edu-cation Institutions in Shanxi(2017104);BM's contribu-tion was supported by the German Research Foundation(DFG grant MO1714/10-1).
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