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Nature of the chlorine-centred paramagnetic species in irradiated crystals of cytosine hydrochloride doped with thiocytosine

K. SANKOVIC, D. KRILOV, T. PRANJIC-PETROVIC, J. HUTTERMANN and J. N. HERAK School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Salata 3, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia. School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Brace Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. Fachrichtung Biophysik und Physikalische Grundlagen der Medizin, Klinikum Bau 76, Universitat des Saarlandes, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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