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Single-site Ir(CO)2 complexes bonded to high-surface-area metal oxide supports, SiO2, TiO2, Fe2O3, CeO2, MgO, and La2O3, were synthesized by chemisorption of Ir(CO)2(acac) (acac = acetylacetonate) followed by coating with each of the following ionic liquids (ILs): 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [BMIM][BF4], 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate, [BMIM][Ac], and 1-(3-cyanopropyl)-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, [CPMIM][DCA]. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy showed that site-isolated iridium was bonded to oxygen atoms of the support. Electron densities on the iridium enveloped by each IL sheath/support combination were characterized by carbonyl infrared spectroscopy of the iridium gem-dicarbonyls and by X-ray absorption near-edge structure data. The electron-donor/acceptor tendencies of both the support and IL determine the activity and selectivity of the catalysts for the hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene, with electron-rich iridium being selective for partial hydrogenation. The results resolve the effects of the IL and support as ligands; for example, the effect of the IL becomes dominant when the support has a weak electron-donor character. The combined effects of supports and ILs as ligands offer broad opportunities for tuning catalytic properties of supported metal catalysts.
Now we report such control for a family of site-isolated iridium complex catalysts by choice of the environment enveloping the metal—comprising both the support and a sheath of IL molecules—that regulate the chemical environment, and thereby the catalytic properties of the metal, while allowing the access of reactant molecules.
We assess the effects of the support and the IL in terms of their electron-donating/-withdrawing properties. Our data show how to dial-in the selectivity for partial hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene to selectively give n-butenes. For example, the selectivity of these isolated Ir sites on porous silica incorporating the electron-withdrawing IL 1-(3-cyanopropyl)-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide ([CPMIM][DCA]) was only 22%, but this value increased to 93% when the IL was switched to the electron-donating 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([BMIM][Ac]). Supports separately affect the catalytic properties,3,32–38 and we demonstrate how to measure the essential electron-donor/acceptor properties of the ILs and the supports acting in concert, by using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopies. Because there is an extremely large set of available ILs, the approach can be generalized to a large class of supported metal catalysts ranging from atomically dispersed species to nanoparticles.
Our goals were to learn how to control the catalytic properties of our single-site iridium catalyst by investigating a family of supports offering a wide range of electron-donor/acceptor tendencies. The supports (SiO2, TiO2 (anatase), Fe2O3, CeO2, MgO, and La2O3) and the ILs were chosen to offer a wide range of complementary electron-donor/acceptor tendencies (the ILs were the strong electron-acceptor [CPMIM][DCA], the strong electron-donor [BMIM][Ac], and one with intermediate electron-donor character, 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [BMIM][BF4]). We tested the catalysts for the industrially important partial hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene.39–42 Our results show how the ILs and supports act synergistically as ligands to control the catalytic properties, and the spectroscopic data resolve the individual roles of each.
A Bruker Vertex 80v spectrometer equipped with a vacuum sample chamber was used in transmission mode to measure FTIR spectra of solid samples with a spectral resolution of 2 cm−1. Samples were handled with the exclusion of moisture and air at room temperature under vacuum. Each sample was pressed between two KBr windows in a glove box and transferred to the sample chamber of the spectrometer immediately prior to the measurement. The sample chamber was evacuated within a few seconds after the insertion of the sample holder. For each reported spectrum, 256 scans were averaged, and before each of these measurements, a background of 128 scans was collected with the chamber under vacuum. Data characterizing [CPMIM][DCA]-coated catalysts were deconvoluted using a Voigt function to isolate the carbonyl bands from those associated with the IL.
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements were made at beam line 9–3 at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). Beam line 9–3 is a collimating and focusing beam line with a 16-pole, 2 Tesla wiggler, Rh-coated harmonic-rejection mirrors, and a double-crystal, liquid-nitrogen cooled, Si(220) monochromator. Spectra were collected in fluorescence detection mode using N2-filled ion chambers and a 30-element Ge detector to measure signal. Approximately 250 mg of a sample was pressed into an in situ XAS cell43 in an argon-filled glove box and handled in the absence of air at the beam line to prevent contamination. An Ir black powder (Sigma-Aldrich) was scanned simultaneously with the sample for energy calibration. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra were measured from 200 eV below the Ir LIII edge (11 215 eV) to k = 15.3 Å−1 in 20 min, with three scans collected and averaged to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.
The crystal structure of Ir(CO)2(acac)48 was used to calculate the phase shifts and backscattering amplitudes representing the Ir–CCO, Ir–OCO, and Ir–Os shells, as it was foreseen that the structure of the supported iridium species would be similar to that of this precursor. The Ir–CCO and multiple scattering paths of the Ir–OCO of the carbonyl were fit together to separate out the carbon and oxygen first shells. The phase shifts and backscattering amplitudes representing Ir–Si, Ir–Ti, Ir–Ce, Ir–Fe, and Ir–Mg shells were calculated from the structural parameters characterizing Ir–Si, Ir–Ti, Ir–Ce, Ir–Fe, and Ir–Mg alloys, respectively. The Ir–Si distance (3.42 Å) was found to be longer than typical Ir–Si (2.56 Å)49 distance whereas the Ir–Ti distance (2.56 Å) and the Ir–Ce distance (2.54 Å) were found to be shorter than typical Ir–Ti (2.69 Å)50 and typical Ir–Ce (3.05 Å)51 distances, respectively. These contributions might also represent an Ir–O* contribution (where O* is oxygen at long distance); however, the data quality was not sufficient to identify the back-scatterer or even to determine this contribution with confidence.
The fitting ranges in both k- and R-space, where k is the wave vector and R the distance from the absorbing Ir atom, in the analysis of the data characterizing the as-prepared sample were determined by the data quality; the range in k was in general between 3.5 ± 0.4 and 12.0 ± 0.6 Å−1, and the range in R was 0–3.5 Å for each sample. These values were used with the Nyquist theorem52 to estimate the justified number of fitting parameters. The accuracies of the parameters are estimated to be as follows (except for Ir–Si, Ir–Ti, Ir–Ce, Ir–Fe and Ir–Mg contributions): coordination number N, ±20%; distance R, ±0.02 Å; disorder term Δσ2, ±20%; and inner potential correction ΔE0, ±20%.
Data analysis for XANES spectra was performed with ATHENA using standard procedures.44 The data for each sample were first calibrated using a known glitch in the monochromator observed in the I0 signal. A least-squares Gaussian fit of the glitch determined the error in the energy calibration of the samples to be 0.022 eV. The absorption edge energy was defined as the maximum of the first derivative of the normalized absorbance with respect to beam energy.
A Zeiss Ultra Plus scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with a field-emission gun was used to collect images of the catalyst samples in secondary-electron mode. Powder samples consisting of IL-coated supported iridium complexes on SiO2, TiO2, α-Fe2O3, CeO2, MgO, and La2O3 were mounted on carbon tape to minimize support charging effects. Images were collected at magnifications of 20k×, 50k×, and 100k× with an accelerating voltage of 3 kV for each sample. The working distances between the probe of the microscope and samples were in the range of 2.6–2.8 mm. Each EDX image was collected at a magnification in the range of 10–75k× with an accelerating voltage of 10 kV and a working distance in the range of 5.2–5.4 mm.
To evaluate the performance of each catalyst, uncoated and IL-coated supported iridium complexes (each including 300–350 mg of the supported iridium gem-dicarbonyl complex, independent of whether an IL coating was present) were each placed in a 1/4-inch (OD) stainless-steel once-through tubular flow reactor. A Thermcraft three-zone resistively heated furnace (Model number XST-3-0-18-3V) equipped with PC-operated temperature controllers was used for temperature control of the reactor. Electronic mass flow controllers (Aalborg, Model GFC17) were used to control the flow rates of feed gases. Before each measurement, the catalysts were treated in flowing ethylene at 373 K for 1 h as the temperature was ramped at a rate of 3 K min−1 to convert the almost inactive supported Ir(CO)2 complexes into mixtures of Ir(CO)2(C2H4) and Ir(CO)2(C2H4)2 complexes, as reported for the isostructural HY-zeolite-supported iridium complexes.37 Then, the flow of the reaction mixture with a molar ratio of H2 (Linde, 99.99 vol%) to 1,3-butadiene (Linde, 99.6 vol%) of 2 : 1 was started through the catalyst bed, operated at atmospheric pressure and 333 K. Products were analysed with an online gas chromatograph (Agilent 7890A) equipped with a GS-alumina column (50 m × 530 μm) and a flame-ionization detector. Conversions of 1,3-butadiene were in the differential range, <2%. Reaction rates are reported per Ir atom in terms of turnover frequency (TOF), assuming that all of the Ir atoms were accessible for reaction. Repeat measurements showed that the TOF values are reproducible within ±2%. Control experiments done with catalysts containing double the loading of IL were performed to verify that the intraparticle mass transfer limitations were not significant.
a Notation: N, coordination number; R, distance between the absorber and backscatterer atoms; Δσ2, mean square relative displacement; ΔE0, inner potential correction. Error bounds are estimated as follows: N, ±20%; R, ±0.02 Å; Δσ2, ±20%; ΔE0, ±20%. b Os and Ol denote surface oxygen atoms of supports; CCO and OCO denote carbon and carbon and oxygen atoms of carbonyl ligands bonded to iridium, respectively.
IR spectra (Fig. 1) confirm the identification of iridium gem-dicarbonyls. We observed no bridging CO bands that would have indicated the presence of iridium clusters (details in the ESI, Section S2.1†).57 A comparison of the IR spectra of the Ir(CO)2(acac) precursor and the supported samples (Fig. 1, Tables 2 and S2†) shows that when Ir(CO)2(acac) was adsorbed, some bands shifted or were replaced, as expected,56 for the formation of the supported iridium gem-dicarbonyls (details in the ESI, Section S2.1†).
Fig. 1 IR spectra of uncoated (black) and IL-coated ([BMIM][BF4] (blue), [BMIM][Ac] (red), and [CPMIM][DCA] (green)) Ir(CO)2 complexes supported on SiO2, TiO2, Fe2O3, CeO2, MgO, and La2O3 in the region of (A) 1300–1700 cm−1 and (B) 1900–2200 cm−1.
Electronic environments of the supported iridium were probed with XANES spectroscopy at the Ir LIII edge (Fig. S37–S43 in the ESI†). Table S3 in the ESI† is a summary of the absorption edge energies of each uncoated sample. This energy decreased from 11 218.0 to 11 216.0 eV in the order SiO2, TiO2, Fe2O3, CeO2, MgO, and La2O3 indicating the increasing electron density on iridium donated by the support.37 This order is consistent with the PZC values characterizing the metal oxides (Fig. 2A).53,54 The IR νsym(CO) band positions of the iridium carbonyls provide still another, easily determined, measure of the electron-donor strengths of the supports, as confirmed by the strong correlation between the edge energies of the iridium carbonyls and their νsym(CO) band positions as shown in Fig. 2B (or between νsym(CO) and PZC of the support (Fig. 2C)). Thus, for example, a red shift in the νsym(CO) band position indicates an increase in the electron density on the iridium sites.58 The data show variations in broadness of these ν(CO) bands on various supports, originating from differences in the degrees of surface uniformity of these metal oxides. The broad bands and shoulders that were observed for Ir/CeO2 and Ir/Fe2O3 indicate iridium carbonyls on minority surface sites.
Fig. 2 Measures of the electron-donor strengths of the supports: variation of (A) Ir LIII edge energy of the uncoated supported iridium carbonyls with PZC of the support; (B) Ir LIII edge position with the corresponding νsym(CO) band positions of uncoated supported iridium carbonyls; and (C) νsym(CO) band positions of uncoated supported iridium carbonyls with PZC of the support.
IL loadings were chosen to be 20 wt%, sufficient to provide a multilayer covering of all Ir sites in each sample but not so much as to present a significant transport limitation to the reactant molecules in catalysis.26 The loading corresponds to 45 ± 3 IL molecules per Ir site, on average. The IL was present in layers with a thickness on average of several molecules. On a macroscopic scale, at least, the ILs were uniformly distributed over the supported species, as shown by SEM/EDX images (Fig. S44–S50 and Table S4 in the ESI; details in the ESI†).
To rule out the possibility that the iridium complex was removed from the surface and dissolved in the IL coating, we washed some IL-coated samples in methanol and checked the FTIR spectra of both the filtrates and the washed samples. No vibrational bands associated with iridium carbonyls were detected in the filtrates, and the spectra of the washed samples still indicated the presence of the iridium carbonyls (although the peak positions and shapes were changed by the treatments, as illustrated in Fig. S54 in the ESI† for [BMIM][BF4]-coated Ir(CO)2/MgO). These results show that the iridium complexes remained bonded to the support even after the samples were coated with the ILs and did not dissolve in the IL.
The data presented above show that the electronic environments of the Ir centers are influenced both by the support and the IL. Thus, we tested the influence of each one on the catalytic properties for the hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene. First, each catalyst was activated by removal of at least one of the CO ligands per Ir atom by treatment in flowing ethylene at 373 K; this treatment incorporated ethylene ligands in place of CO, which is a strong catalytic reaction inhibitor,31 as reported for similar metal carbonyl complexes supported on metal oxides and zeolites. The relative concentrations of species and the FTIR spectra before and after ethylene exposure are provided in Table S5 and Fig. S55–S77 in the ESI.† FTIR spectra recorded before and after ethylene exposure (Fig. S55–S77 in the ESI†), indicate changes in the intensities and positions of the ν(CO) bands as well as the formation of new bands, but none indicating the formation of carbonyls bonded to neighbouring iridium centres, which would have indicated iridium cluster formation.31 New bands located between the two carbonyl stretching bands are consistent with the partial replacement of CO with ethylene.60,61 For example, in the spectrum of the TiO2-supported iridium complex coated with [BMIM][BF4], the intensity of the νasym(CO) band at 1988 cm−1 decreased slightly relative to that of the νsym(CO) band, accompanied by the appearance of two new bands, at 2030 and 2048 cm−1, assigned to Ir(CO)(C2H4) and Ir(CO)(C2H4)2, respectively.31 The areas of the ν(CO) bands indicate that the supported complexes were converted into mixtures of Ir(CO)2 (∼74%), Ir(CO)(C2H4) (∼16%), and Ir(CO)(C2H4)2 (∼10%) on TiO2, for example. Data characterizing other samples indicate the presence of mixtures of Ir(CO)2, Ir(CO)(C2H4), and Ir(CO)(C2H4)2 in varying concentrations (Table S5†). Following the activation of each supported iridium complex by reaction with ethylene, it was cooled to 333 K in flowing helium followed by the start of flow of the reactant stream consisting of H2 + 1,3-butadiene in a molar ratio of 2 : 1 at a space velocity chosen to ensure differential conversions of the 1,3-butadiene (<2%). Typical data (Fig. S78 in the ESI†) characterizing [BMIM][BF4]-coated iridium on SiO2 for 3 h on stream show that the product distribution and 1,3-butadiene conversion of ca. 1.5% were essentially constant.
Table S6† is a summary of the TOF and selectivity data characterizing each catalyst, and Fig. 3 illustrates the changes in total partial hydrogenation selectivity of the catalysts with changes in electron-donor/acceptor properties of the supports and the ILs; the catalyst performance data were measured at differential conversions, <2%. The data representing uncoated SiO2-supported iridium complexes, for example, indicate a TOF of 9.6 × 10−3 (mol of 1,3-butadiene converted) × (Ir site × s)−1 (Table S6†) with a selectivity for butenes (sum of 1-butene (21%), trans-2-butene (11%), and cis-2-butene (10%)) of approximately 42% (Fig. 3). Such a low selectivity for partial hydrogenation is typical of iridium complexes on supports such as SiO2 that are not good electron-donor ligands. In contrast, when the iridium complexes were supported on good electron-donor supports such as La2O3, the selectivity for butenes was approximately twice as high (81%) (Fig. 3). For comparison, Table S6† and Fig. 3 also include the corresponding performance data characterizing the IL-coated catalysts—showing that the IL layer strongly influences the catalytic performance. The TOF values characterizing the coated catalysts were lower than those characterizing the respective uncoated catalysts. The partial hydrogenation selectivity, on the other hand, increased when the ILs incorporated [BMIM]+-ions and decreased when the IL incorporated [CPMIM]+-ions (Fig. 3). For example, under our conditions, the TOF characterizing the SiO2-supported iridium complex decreased from 9.6 × 10−3 to 1.2 × 10−3 (mole of 1,3-butadiene converted) × (Ir site × s)−1, whereas the partial hydrogenation selectivity increased from 42 to 73% as a result of the deposition of [BMIM][BF4]. Data presented in Table S6† and Fig. 3 also indicate that the effect of the IL coating on the catalytic performance depends strongly on the type of support.
Fig. 3 Partial hydrogenation selectivity (sum of all butene isomers: trans-2-butene, 1-butene, and cis-2-butene) (colored bars) and TOF (black symbols) characterizing each catalyst, measured at steady state and under differential conversion conditions (<2%) at an H2/BD feed molar ratio of 2.0 at 333 K and 1 atm catalyzed by activated uncoated and IL-coated iridium complexes supported on metal oxides with various electron-donor characteristics.
The essential results are: (a) that both the support and the IL act as ligands determining the electronic properties of the metal, which is represented simply by the νsym(CO) band positions, and (b) that the electronic properties control the catalytic selectivity and activity (TOF) for partial hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene. All data are accounted for by the correlations of Fig. 4. Thus, when the electron density on the iridium is the greatest, the selectivity for partial hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene is maximized, and vice versa (Fig. 4A). On the other hand, when the electron density on iridium is the greatest, the TOF is minimized, and vice versa (Fig. 4B).
Fig. 4 Variation of (A) selectivity for partial hydrogenation (sum of all butene isomers) and (B) TOF of 1,3-butadiene with the νsym(CO) band position of the corresponding coated and uncoated iridium complexes supported on metal oxides, following activation. Black symbols indicate uncoated samples, and red, dark red, and blue symbols represent [BMIM][BF4]-, [BMIM][Ac]-, and [CPMIM][DCA]-coated supported complexes, respectively.
The deviations from the trend lines in Fig. 4 might originate from (i) non-uniformity of the active sites associated with the heterogeneity of the support surfaces and/or (ii) undetermined differences in the behavior of the ILs on various supports. Presence of this second effect was illustrated in a report focusing on the interactions of [BMIM][BF4] with various metal oxides in the absence of any active metal. These interactions vary considerably with the changes in the electron-donor character of the supports and lead to variations in the thermal stability of [BMIM][BF4] on these metal oxides.53 The interactions can also alter other physical and chemical characteristics of the IL when it is in contact with a metal oxide. Consequently, solubilities of guest molecules in a specific IL—thus, a filter effect26—can vary significantly when an IL is dispersed on various supports. Because the IL filter effect controls the concentrations of the reactants and intermediates interacting with the active sites, it influences the catalytic performance, and this effect explains the deviations from a perfect correlation in Fig. 4. Thus, we recognize the potential inclusion of an additional structural parameter that could be tuned to improve the catalytic performance.
The electronic effects shown in Fig. 4 are substantial, but, on some supports the effects of the electron-donor/acceptor properties of the IL are small, whereas on others they are at least twice as large. For example, when the iridium complex is supported on the strongly electron-donating La2O3, the effect of the IL is indicated by shifts <10 cm−1 in the νsym(CO) band position (Fig. 5A). In contrast, when the support is the weak electron-donor SiO2, the magnitude of the shift indicating the ligand effect of the IL exceeded 20 cm−1 when the IL sheath contained the [BMIM]+ ion (a red shift) and the [CPMIM]+ ion (a blue shift). Fig. 5A illustrates the magnitudes of these shifts, and thus the strength of the ILs' ligand effects compared with those of the supports.
Fig. 5 (A) Variations in the magnitudes of νsym(CO) band shifts observed upon coating the supported metal complexes with various ILs. The x-axis quantifies the electron-donor character of the supports, and the vertical axis represents the magnitude of the ligand effect of the IL; (B) variation in the change of partial hydrogenation selectivity upon the deposition of various ILs, [BMIM][BF4], [BMIM][Ac], and [CPMIM][DCA] with νsym(CO) band positions on the corresponding uncoated supported iridium complexes, quantifying the electron-donor character of the support.
To further investigate the ligand effects on catalysis, we considered the change in catalytic selectivity for butenes as a function of the electron-donor character of the support. Fig. 5B shows that the increase in partial hydrogenation selectivity upon the deposition of [BMIM]+-containing IL sheaths becomes dominant when the support is a weak electron-donor, but when the IL incorporates a cyano group, the catalyst becomes less selective for partial hydrogenation, because (as illustrated in Fig. 5A), this IL withdraws electrons from iridium. As shown in Fig. 5B, this effect is dominant when the support is a weak electron-donor, as in the case of [BMIM]+-containing ILs, but presenting a correlation with a reverse trend.
Although there is more to learn about the interactions between the IL and the catalytic species, the correlations shown here make clear that the IL, like a support, acts as a ligand. Moreover, the data confirm that these ligand effects are additive, providing a high degree of flexibility for controlling the electronic structures of catalytic sites with an enormous number of possible combinations presenting opportunities for tuning the electronic environments of supported metals over wide ranges. We posit that the opportunities offered by enveloping the catalytically active species with IL sheaths/supports for tuning the catalytic properties extend to many metals, supports, and ILs, and recent results characterizing nickel nanoparticles on supports incorporating ILs42 indicate that the opportunities extend beyond atomically dispersed metals to metal nanoparticles.
Atomically dispersed supported iridium complexes were synthesized on metal oxides having a wide range of surface electron-donor characteristics, SiO2, TiO2, Fe2O3, CeO2, MgO, and La2O3, and coated with various ILs, [BMIM][BF4], [BMIM][Ac], and [CPMIM][DCA]. The electron density on the iridium was probed with FTIR spectroscopy determining the ν(CO) frequencies. The results show that the electron-donor/acceptor character of the support and that of the IL sheath together determine the electronic structures of the iridium complexes and their catalytic properties for hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene, for which high selectivities for butenes were obtained. Thus, the metal oxide support works as a ligand that influences the electron density on the metal sites. As the electron-donor strength of the metal oxides increases, as probed by an increase in the corresponding PZC, the isolated supported iridium sites become more electron-rich and consequently become more selective as catalysts for the formation of butenes from 1,3-butadiene. The data illustrate a similar ligand effect of the IL sheaths, which becomes dominant when the support is a weak electron-donor. Among the ILs considered, those incorporating [BMIM]+ donate substantial electron density to the metal sites, making them more selective as catalysts for butene formation, whereas when the cation incorporates a cyano group, the IL withdraws electrons from the metal sites and makes them less selective for partial hydrogenation. The strategy of enveloping the catalytically active species with IL sheaths/supports provides a high degree of flexibility for controlling the electronic structures of these species with, in prospect, an enormous number of possible combinations, presenting opportunities for tuning the electronic environments and the corresponding catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability.
We thank Dr Barış Yağcı, Dr Amir Motallebzadeh, and the Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM) for providing help with SEM measurements and Georgios Giannakakis for providing help with EXAFS measurements. This work was supported by the TUBITAK National Young Researchers Career Development Program (CAREER) (113M552), by Koç University TÜPRAŞ Energy Center (KUTEM), and by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Grant DE-FG02-04ER15513 (C-YF, JEP-A, EG). AU acknowledges the TUBA-GEBIP Award, TARLA, and Koç University Summer Research Program and JEP-A acknowledges a Chevron Fellowship. We acknowledge the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) for access to beam time on Beamline 9-3. SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by DOE, BES, under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and the DOE BES-funded Consortium for Operando and Advanced Catalyst Characterization via Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (Co-ACCESS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
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