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 Liu, G.J.  ?Little Goes a Long Way ? Block Copolymers on Their Way to Nanodevices?  Canadian Chemical News, 2005 (October), 12-14.

Zheng, R.H.; Liu, G.J.; Yan X.H.  ?Polymer Nano- and Micro-spheres with Bumy and Chain-segregated Surfaces?  Journal of the American Chemical Society  2005 published on web.

Yan, X.H.; Liu, G.J.; Haeussler, M.; Tang, B.Z.  ?Water-dispersible Polymer/Pd/Ni Hybrid Magnetic Nanofibers?  Chemistry of Materials  2005  accepted.

Liu, G.J.; Yan, X.H.; Lu, Z.H.; Curda, S.A.; Lal, J.  ?One-pot Synthesis of Block Copolymer Coated Cobalt Nanocrystals?  Chemistry of Materials  2005, 17, 4985-4991.

Hu, J.W.; Liu, G.J.  ?Chain Mixing and Segregation in B-C and C-D Diblock Copolymer Micelles?  Macromolecules  2005, 38, 8058-8065.

Liu, G.J.; Yan, H.S.; Zhou, J.Y.; Law, S.J.; Jiang Q.P.; Yang, G.H.  ?Preparation of Magnetic Microspheres from Water-in-Oil Emulsion Stabilized by Block Copolymer Dispersant?  Biomacromolecules  2005, 3, 1280-1288.

Loppinet, B.;  Fytas, G.; Vlassopoulos, D.; Likos, C.N.; Meier, G.;  Liu, G.J.  ?Dynamics of Dense Suspensions of Starlike Micelles with Responsive Fixed Cores?  Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics  2005, 206, 163-172.

Lu, Z.H.; Liu, G.J.; Duncan, S.  ?Morphology and Permeability of Membranes of Polysulfone-graft-poly(tert-butyl acrylate)?  Journal of Membrane Science  2005, 250, 17-28.

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Z.H. Lu, G.J. Liu,* S. Duncan ?Polysulfone-graft-poly(tert-butyl acrylate): Synthesis, Nanophase Separation, Poly(tert-butyl acrylate) Hydrolysis, and pH-Dependent Iridescence?  Macromolecules  2004, 37, 174-180.

X.H. Yan, G.J. Liu,* Z. Li.  ?Preparation and Phase Separation of Block Copolymer Nanotube Multiblocks?  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2004, 126, 10059-66.  

X.H. Yan, G.J. Liu,* H.X. Li  ?Preparation, Characterization, and Solution Viscosity of Polystyrene-block-polyisoprene Nanofiber Fractions?  Langmuir, 2004, 20, 4677-83.  

Z.H. Lu, G.J. Liu,* S. Duncan  ?Porous Membranes of Polysulfone-graft-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) and Polysulfone-graft-poly(acrylic acid): Morphology, pH-Gated Water Flow, Size Selectivity, and Ion Selectivity?  Macromolecules  2004, 37, 4218-4226.   

X.H. Yan, G.J. Liu, M. Dickey, C.G. Willson  ?Preparation of Porous Membranes Using Nano- or Micropillar Arrays as Template?  Polymer  2004, 45, 8469-74.  

L. Cui, X. Tong, X.H. Yan, G.J. Liu,* Y. Zhao  ?Photoactive Thermoplastics Elastomers of Azobenzene-containing Triblock Copolymers Prepared through ATRP?  Macromolecules  2004, 37, 7091-104.

X.P. Qiu, G.J. Liu*  ?Water-dispersible Fluorescent Nanospheres from PSA-b-PHEA?  Polymer  2004, 45, 7203-11.

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G.J. Liu,* X.H. Yan, Z. Li, J.Y. Zhou, S. Duncan  ?End Coupling of Block Copolymer Nanotubes to Nanospheres?  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14039-14045.

Z. Li, G.J. Liu*  ?Water-Dispersible Tetrablock Copolymer Synthesis, Aggregation, Nanotube Preparation, and Impregnation?  Langmuir  2003, 19, 10480-10486.

G.J. Liu,* J.Y. Zhou ?First- and Zero-Order Kinetics of Porogen Release from the Cross-Linked Cores of Diblock Nanospheres?  Macromolecules  2003, 36, 5279-5289.

E. Hoppenbrouwers, Z. Li, G.J. Liu* ?Triblock Nanospheres with Amphiphilic Coronal Chains.? Macromolecules, 2003, 36, 876-881.

Z.H. Lu, G.J. Liu,* S. Duncan, ?Poly(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate-co-methyl acrylate)/SiO₂/TiO₂ Hybrid Membranes?  J. Membr. Sci.  2003, 221, 113-122.

Z.H. Lu, G.J. Liu,* F.T. Liu, ?Water-dispersible Porous PI-b-PAA Microspheres.?  J. Appl. Polym. Sci.  2003, 90, 2785-2793.

G.J. Liu,* Z. Li, X.H. Yan ?Synthesis and Characterization of PS-b-PI Nanofibers with Different Crosslinking Densities?  Polymer 2003, 44, 7721-7727.

G.J. Liu,* X.H. Yan, S. Ducan.  ?PS-b-PI Nanofiber Fractions.  2.  Viscometric Study?  Macrmolecules  2003, 36, 2049-2054. 

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J.Y. Zhou, Z. Li, G.J. Liu,*  ?Block Copolymer Nanospheres with Porous Cores?  Macromolecules  2002, 35, 3690-3696.

Zhou, R.L.; Zhou, N.; Yan,* X.H.; Liu, G.J.  ?Preparation of Hollow Nanofibers from Block Copolymer.?  Chemistry Journal of Chinese Universities, 2002, 23, 158-160.

Z. Li, G.J. Liu,* S.-J. Law, T. Sells ?Water-soluble Fluorescent Diblock Nanospheres?  Biomacromolecules  2002, 3, 984-990. 

G.J Liu,* X.H. Yan, X.P. Qiu, Z. Li  "Fractionation and Solution Properties of PS-b-PCEMA-b-PtBA Nanofibers" Macromolecules 2002, 35, 7742-7747.

G.J.Liu,* J.Y. Zhou ?Diblock Copolymer Nanospheres with Porous Cores.  2.  Porogen Release and Reuptake Kinetics?  Macromolecules  2002, 35, 8167-8172.

Zhou, J.Y.; Li, Z.; Liu,* G.J. ?Diblock Copolymer Nanospheres with Porous Cores? Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 3690.

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Lu, Z.H.; Liu,* G.J.; Phillips, H.; Hill, J.M.; Chang, J.; and Kydd, R. A.  ?Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyst Prepared in Poly(acrylic acid)-lined Channels of Diblock Copolymer Microspheres?  Nano Letters 2001, 1, 683-687.

Yan, X.H.; Liu, F.T.; Li, Z.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Poly(acrylic acid)-lined Nanotubes of Poly(butyl methacrylate)-block-poly(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate)  Macrmolecules  2001, 34, 9112-9116.

Lu, Z.H.; Liu,* G.J.; and Liu, F.T.  ?Block Copolymer Microspheres Containing Intricate Nanometer-sized Segregation Patterns?  Macromolecules  2001, 34, 8814-8817.

Liu, F.T.;  and Liu,* G.J. ?Poly(solketal methacrylate)-block-poly(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(allyl methacrylate) ? Preparation and Micelle Formation?  Macromolecules  2001, 34, 1302-1308.

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Zhang, Z.R.; Liu,* G.J.; and Bell, S. "Nanospheres from PSMA-b-PDMAEMA" Macromolecules, 2000, 33, 7877-7883.

Loppinet, B.; Sigel, R.; Larsen, A.; Fytas,* G.; Vlassopoulos, D.; Liu, G.J.  "Structure and Dynamics in Dense Suspensions of Micellar Nanocolloids" Langmuir  2000, 16, 6480-6484. 

Underhill, R.S.; Liu,* G.J.  "Triblock Nanospheres and Their Use as Template for Inorganic Nanoparticle Preparation" Chemistry of Materials  2000, 12, 2082-2091. 

Xia, S.J.; Liu, G.J.; Birss,* V.I. ?Properties of Thin PS Films Prepared on Gold Electrodes by the Dip-Coating Method? Langmuir  2000, 16, 1379-1388.

Liu,* G.J.  ?Functional Nanostructures of Block Copolymers? Chinese Journal of Polymer Science  2000, 18, 255-262.

Stewart, S.; Liu,* G.J. "Block Copolymer Nanotubes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 340-344.

Myles, A.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, G.J.; Branda,* N.R. ?Novel Syntheis of Photochromic Polymers via ROMP? Organic Letters  2000, 2, 2749-2751.

Xia, S. J.; Liu, G.J.; Birss,* V.I.  ?Properties of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate) Coatings on Au Electrodes?  Electrochimica Acta, 2000, 46, 475. 

Xia, S. J.; Liu, G.J.; and Birss,* V.I.   ?Electrochemical Characteristics of Dip-coated poly(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate) Films on Au Surfaces?  Electrochimica Acta, 2000, 46, 463-474. 

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Ding, J.F.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Growth and Morphology Change of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Particles in Solvent-Nonsolvent Mixtures Before Precipitation?  Macromolecules  1999, 32, 8413.

Liu,* G.J.; Ding, J.F.; Hashimoto, T.; Saijo, K.; Winnik, F.M.; Nigam, S.  ?Thin Films with Densely Regularly Packed Nanochannels? Chemistry of Materials 1999, 11, 2233-2240.  

Liu,* G.J; Ding, J.F.; Qiao, L.J.; Guo, A.; Gleeson, J.T.; Dymov, B.; Hashimoto, T.; Saijo, K.  ?Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Nanofibers _ Preparation, Characterization, and Liquid Crystalline Properties.?  Chemistry - A European Journal  1999, 5, 2740-2749.

Wen, X.G.; Liu, G.J., Verall,* R.E., ?Effect of Anesthetic Molecules on the Aggregation Behavior of POE-POP-POE Triblock Copolymers?  Journal of Physical Chemistry B 1999, 103, 2620-2626.

Stewart, S.; Liu,* G.J. ?Hollow Nanospheres from Polyisoprene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(t-butyl acrylate)? Chemistry of Materials  1999, 11, 1048-1054.

52. Liu, G.J.  ?Functional Crosslinked Nanostructures from Block Copolymers? Materials Science and Engineering C   1999, 10, 159-164.

Liu,* G.J.; Ding, J.F.; Stewart, S.  ?Preparation and Properties of Nanoporous Membranes from a Triblock Copolymer? Angewandte Chemie International Edition  1999, 38, 835-838.

Ding, J.F.; Liu,* G. ?Structures of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Films Deposited on Mica Surfaces from Block-selective Solvents? Langmuir 1999, 15, 1738-1747.

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Ding, J.F.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Water-Soluble Hollow Nanospheres as Potential Drug Carriers? J. Phys. Chem. B  1998, 102, 6107-6113.

Wang, G.C.; Henselwood, F.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Water-Soluble Poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(acrylic acid) Nanospheres as Traps for Perylene? Langmuir 1998, 14, 1554-1559.

Wu,* C.; Li, M., Kwan, S. C. M.; Liu, G.J.  ?Laser Light Scattering Characterization of Polymer Nanofibers?  Macromolecules  1998, 31, 7553-7554.

Ding, J.F.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Nanospheres with Crosslinked Shell?  Macromolecules  1998, 31, 6554-6558.

Henselwood, F.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Water-Soluble Porous Nanospheres?  Macromolecules  1998, 31, 4213-4217.

Henselwood, F.; Wang, G.C.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Removal of Perylene from Water Using Block Copolymer Nanospheres or Micelles?  J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1998, 70, 397-408.

Ding, J.F.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Hairy, Semi-shaved, and Fully-shaved Hollow Nanospheres of Polyisoprene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)?  Chemistry of Materials  1998, 10, 537-542.

Tao, J.; Guo, A.; Stewart, S.; Birss, V. I.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Adsorption in the Buoy-dominated Regime? Macromolecules  1998, 31, 172-175.

Liu,* G.J.; Ding, J.F.  ?Thin Diblock Films with Densely Hexagonally Packed Nanochannels?  Advanced Materials  1998, 10, 69-71. 

Underhill, R.; Ding, J.F.; Birss, V.I.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Relaxation Kinetics of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Micelles in  THF/Cylopentane Mixtures?  Macromolecules 1997, 30, 8298-8303.

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Tao, J.; Stewart, S.; Liu,* G.J.; Yang, M.L.  ?Star and Cylindrical Micelles of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)?  Macromolecules  1997, 30, 2738-2745.

Ding, J.F.; Liu,* G.J.; Yang, M.L.  ?Multiple Morphologies of Polyisoprene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) and Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Micelles in Organic Solvents?  Polymer  1997, 38, 5497-5501.

Tao, J.; Liu,* G.J.; Ding, J.F.; Yang, M.L.  ?Crosslinked Nanospheres of Poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) With Immediately Attached Surface Functional Groups?  Macromolecules  1997, 30, 4084-4089.

36. Liu, G.J.  ?Nanofibers?   Advanced Materials  1997, 9, 437-439.  

35. Ding, J.F., Birss, V.I.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Formation and Properties of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Brushes Studied by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Transmission Electron Microscopy?   Macromolecules 1997, 30, 1442-1448.

Liu,* G.J.; Ding, J.F.; Guo, A.; Herfort, M.; Bazett-Jones, D.   ?Potential Skin Layers for Membranes with Tunable Nanochannels?  Macromolecules  1997, 30, 1851-1853.  

Tao, J.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Tadpole Molecules of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)?  Macromolecules  1997, 30, 2408-2411.

Ding, J.F., Liu,* G.J. ?Poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)-block-Polyisoprene Vesicles and Their Aggregates?  Macromolecules  1997, 30, 655.

31. Henselwood, F., Liu,* G.J.  ?Water Soluble Nanospheres from Poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(acrylic acid)?   Macromolecules  1997, 30, 488-493.

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Guo, A.; Tao, J. Liu,* G.J. ?Star Polymers and Nanospheres from Crosslinkable Diblock Copolymers?  Macromolecules  1996, 29, 2487-2493. 

Ding, J.F., Tao, J., Guo, A., Stewart, S., Hu, N., Birss, V.I.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Adsorption in the van der Waals-Buoy Regime?   Macromolecules  1996, 29,  5398-5405.

Smith, C.K.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Determination of Rate Constant for Chain Insertion into Poly(methyl methacrylate)-block-poly(methacrylic acid) Micelles by a Fluorescence Method?  Macromolecules  1996, 29, 2060-2067.  

Liu,* G.J.;  Qiao, L.J.;  Guo, A.  ?Diblock Nanofibers?  Macromolecules  1996, 29, 5508-5510.

Tao, J.; Guo, A.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Adsorption of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) by Silica from Block-selective Solvent Mixtures?  Macromolecules  1996, 29, 1618-1624. 

Liu,* G.J., Smith, C.K.; Hu; N.X., Tao, J.   ?Formation and Properties of Polystyrene-block-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Micelles?  Macromolecules.  1996, 29, 220-227.

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Liu, G.J. ?Chain Exchange Kinetics in Diblock Copolymer Micelles Studied by Non-Radiative Energy Transfer.  1.  Experimental Design and Theory.? Can. J. Chem., 1995, 73, 1995-2003.

Liu, G.J.  ?Energy Migration in Diblock Copolymer Micelles and Brushes.? Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1995, 99, 5465-5470.

McCann, J.; Tsankov, D.; Hu, N.X.; Liu, G.J.; Wieser,* H. ?VCD Study of Synthetic Chiral Polymers: Stereoregularity in Poly(menthyl methacrylate).? Journal of Molecular Structure, 1995, 349, 309-312.

Hu, N.X.; Liu,* G.J.  ?Living Cationic Polymerization of b-Vinyloxyethyl Cinnamate.?  Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1995, A32, 949-955.  

Liu,* G.J., Xu, X.Q.; Skupinska, K.; Hu, N.X.; Yao, H.  ?Cross-Linked Polymer Brushes.  2.  Preparation and Properties of Poly(iso-butylvinyl ether)-block-poly[2-(vinyloxy)ethyl cinnamate] Brushes.?  Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 1994, 53, 1699-1707.

Liu,* G.J., Hu, N.X.; Xu, X.Q.; Yao, H.  ?Cross-Linked Polymer Brushes.  1.  Synthesis of Poly(iso-butylvinyl ether)-block-poly[2-(vinyloxy)ethyl cinnamate].? Macromolecules, 1994, 27, 3892-3895.

Liu, G.J.  ?A kinetic Description of Diffusion-Controlled Intramolecular Excimer Formation.  3. Effects of Gibbs Free Energy Changes of Excimer Formation and Sample Imperfections.? Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 6998-7003.

Liu, G.J.  ?Energy Migration Along Rigid-rod Polymer Chains.? Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 5687-92. 

Liu, G.J.  ?Determination of Intramolecular Distance Distribution Functions Using the ?Spectroscopic Ruler?.  1. Theoretical Feasibility.? Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 1144.

Liu, G.J.  ?A kinetic Description of Diffusion-Controlled Intramolecular Excimer Formation.  2. A Comparison to the Birks Scheme and Treatment of Experimental Data.? Macromolecules, 1992, 25, 5805-5815.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.; Vlegels, M.; Goethals, E.J.  ?Dimensions of Polyelectrolytes Using the ?Spectroscopic Ruler?.  3.  Experimental Studies of Poly(N-tert-butylaziridine hydrogen chloride) Chains.? Macromolecules, 1991, 24, 4094-4100.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.; Al-Takrity, E.T.B.; Jenkins, A.D.; Walton, D.R.M. ?Dimensions of Polyelectrolytes Using the ?Spectroscopic Ruler?.  2.  Conformational Changes of Poly(methacrylic acid) Chains with Variation in pH.? Macromolecules, 1991, 24, 68-74.?

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E. ?A Kinetic Description of Diffusion-Controlled Intramolecular Excimer or Exciplex Formation.? Macromolecules, 1990, 23, 4292-4298.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.; Al-Takrity, E.T.B.; Jenkins, A.D.; Walton, D.R.M. ?Application of the ?Spectroscopic Ruler? to Studies of Dimensions of Flexible Macromolecules.  5.  Experimental Determination of the Relative Diffusion Coefficients of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Chains.? Macromolecules, 1990, 23, 4164-4167.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.  ?Application of the ?Spectroscopic Ruler? to Studies of Dimensions of Flexible Macromolecules.  4.  Theoretical Discussion of the Effect of End Group Diffusion on Fluorescence data.? Macromolecules, 1990, 23, 2973-2977.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.  ?Application of the ?Spectroscopic Ruler? to Studies of Dimensions of Flexible Macromolecules.  3.  An Equation Describing the Relative Diffusion Between Polymer Chain Ends.? Macromolecules, 1990, 23, 2969-2973.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.; Al-Takrity, E.T.B.; Jenkins, A.D.; Walton, D.R.M. ?Application of the ?Spectroscopic Ruler? to Studies of Dimensions of Flexible Macromolecules.  2.  Experimental Studies of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Chains.? Macromolecules, 1990, 23, 1393-1401.

Liu, G.J.; Guillet,* J.E.  ?Application of the ?Spectroscopic Ruler? to Studies of Dimensions of Flexible Macromolecules.  1.  Theory.? Macromolecules, 1990, 23, 1388-1392.

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Liu, G.J. ?Nanostructures of Functional Block Copolymers? Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science  1998, 3, 200-208.

Liu, G.J.  ?Diblock Copolymer Nanostructures?   Macromolecular Symposia  1997, 113, 233-248.

Liu, G.J.  ?Polymeric Nanostructures? in Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology  pp 475-500, Vol. 5  (H. S. Nalwa ed.), Academic Press: New York, 1999.

Liu, G.J.; Wang, G.  ?Block Copolymer Nanostructures?  pp 39-50, (in Chinese)  in ?Trends in Polymer Science? (Beitian He and Hanjie Hu, Eds.), Chemical Industry Publisher: Beijing, 1997.

Liu, G.J.  ?Crosslinked Polymer Brushes?  pp 1548-1552,  in  ?Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia ___ Synthesis, Properties and Applications? 

Salamone, J. C. Ed.; CRC Press, 1996.

Liu, G.J.  ?Polystyrene-block-poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) Brushes?, pp178-191, in Organic Thin Films - Structure and Applications: ACS Symposium 695, C. Frank ed., American Chemical Society Press: Washington, DC, 1998.

Liu, G.J.  ?Magnetic Microspheres for Diagnostic Applications? U.S. patent filing pending, 2003

Liu, G.J.; Zhang, Z.R.; Adib, F.  ?Polymer Grafted Carbon Black Primarily Used in Positive Thermal Coefficient Over-current Protection Devices?  U.S. patent filed.

Liu, G.J.  ?Membranes with Tunable Nanochannels?  US Patent #6,458,310 B1, 2002.

Liu, G.J. ?Monolayer Coating?  U.S. patent #5,409,739, 1995.

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