Title of the Abstract (max. 80 characters including blanks) Annalisa Guerria*, Andrea Ienco,b aDepartment of Energy Engineering, University of Florence. bICCOM-CNR, Florence, Italy. E-mail: a.guerri@iucr2005.it

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[1] Gummow R.J., Liles D.C., Mat. Res. Bull, 1993, 28, 1293.  [2] Grirrane, A.; Pastor, A.; Galindo, A.; Ienco, A.; Mealli, C. Chemm. Commun. 2003, 512.
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