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submitted for publication (2)

Controlling Spin Ordering in Frustrated Magnets via Heteroepitaxy J. M. Iwata-Harms, F. J. Wong, B. J. Kirby, J. A. Borchers, M. F. Toney, B. B. Nelson-Cheeseman, M. Liberati, E. Arenholz, and Yuri Suzuki.

Polarized neutron reflectometry as a probe of nanoporous magnetic multilayers B. J. Kirby, M. T. Rahman, R. K. Dumas, J. E. Davies, C. H. Lai, and Kai Liu. link to preprint

accepted manuscripts (5)

Optimization of spin-triplet supercurrent in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions Carolin Klose, Trupti S. Khaire, Yixing Wang, W. P. Pratt, Jr., Norman O. Birge, T. P. Ginley, J. A. Borchers, B. J. Kirby, B. B. Maranville and J. Unguris. arXiv:1108.5666v1 [cond-mat.supr-con]. to appear in Physical Review Letters.

Chiral modulations and reorientation effects in MnSi thin films E. A. Karhu, U. K. Robler, A. N. Bogdanov, S. Kahwaji, B. J. Kirby, H. Fritzsche, M. D. Robertson, C. F. Majkrzak, and T. L. Monchesky. to appear in Physical Review B.

X-ray and neutron reflectivity and electronic properties of PCBM-poly(bromo)styrene blends and bilayers with poly(3-hexylthiophene) S. B. Kirschner, N. Smith, H. E. Katz, B. J. Kirby, J. A. Borchers, and D. H. Reich. to appear in Journal of Materials Chemistry.

Exchange Coupling in Magnetic Semiconductor Multilayers and Superlattices J. K. Furdyna, J. Leiner, X. Liu, M. Dobrowolska, S. Lee, J. -H. Chung, and B. J. Kirby. to appear in Acta Physica Polonica.

Depth of alpha-Synuclein in a Bilayer Determined by Fluorescence, Neutron Reflectometry, and Computation Candace M. Pfefferkorn, Frank Heinrich, Alexander J. Sodt, Alexander S. Maltsev, Richard W. Pastor, and Jennifer C. Lee. to appear in Biophysical Journal.

published in 2011 (18)

Phase-Sensitive Specular Neutron Reflectometry for Imaging the Nanometer Scale Compositional Depth Profile of Thin-Film Materials B. J. Kirby, P. A. Kienzle, B. B. Maranville, N. F. Berk, J. Krycka, F. Heinrich, and C.F. Majkrzak. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, (2011), doi: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.11.001.

Continuous distribution model for the investigation of complex molecular architectures near interfaces with scattering techniques Prabhanshu Shekhar, Hirsh Nanda, Mathias Losche, and Frank Heinrich. Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 102216 (2011).

When beauty is only skin deep; optimizing the sensitivity of specular neutron reflectivity for probing structure beneath the surface of thin films Charles F. Majkrzak, Elisabeth Carpenter, Frank Heinrich, and Norman F. Berk. Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 102212 (2011).

Modulation Doping of Ferromagnetism in Antiferromagnetic Manganite Superlattices T. S. Santos, B. J. Kirby, S. Kumar, S. J. May, J. A. Borchers, B. B. Maranville, J. Zarestky, S. G. E. te Velthuis, J. van den Brink, and A. Bhattacharya. Physical Review Letters, 107, 167202 (2011).

Interfacial electronic and magnetic properties of a Y0.6 Pr0.4 Ba2 Cu3 O7 /La2/3 Ca1/2 MnO3 superlattice Jian Liu, B. J. Kirby, B. Gray, M. Kareev, H. -U. Habermeier, G. Cristiani, J. W. Freeland, and J. Chakhalian. Physical Review B, 84, 092506 (2011).

Helical magnetic order in MnSi thin films E. A. Karhu, S. Kahwaji, M. D. Robertson, H. Fritzsche, B. J. Kirby, C. F. Majkrzak, and T. L. Monchesky. Physical Review B, 84, 060404(R) (2011).

Fingerprinting magnetic reversal in graded anisotropy FePtCu films R. K. Dumas, Yeyu Fang, B. J. Kirby, Chaolin Zha, V. Bonanni, Josep Nogues, and Johan Åkerman. Physical Review B, 84, 054434 (2011).

Investigation of weak interlayer exchange coupling in GaMnAs/GaAs superlattices with insulating nonmagnetic spacers Jae-Ho Chung, Young-Sang Song, Taehee Yoo, Sun-Jae Chung, Sanghoon Lee, B. J. Kirby, X. Liu, and J. K. Furdyna. Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 013912 (2011).

Neutron Reflectometry and QCM-D Study of the Interaction of Cellulases with Films of Amorphous Cellulose G. Cheng, Z. Lius, J. K. Murton, M. Jablin, M. Dubey, J. Majewski, C. Halbert, J. Browning, J. Ankner, B. Akgun, C. Wang, A. R. Esker, K. L. Sale, B. A. Simmons, and M. S. Kent, Biomacromolecules, 12, 2216 (2011).

Porous Mg formation upon dehydrogenation of MgH2 thin films J. A. Dura, S. T. Kelly, P. A. Kienzle, J.-H. Her, T. J. Udovic, C. F. Majkrzak, C.-J. Chung, and B. M. Clemens, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 093501 (2011).

Membrane-Based Sensing Approaches Julia Braunagel, Ann Junghans, and Ingo Koper, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64, 54 (2011).

Antiferromagnetic exchange coupling between GaMnAs layers separated by a nonmagnetic GaAs:Be spacer J. Leiner, K. Tivakornsasithorn, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, M. Dobrowolska, B. J. Kirby, H. Lee, T. Yoo, and Sanghoon Lee. Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 07C307 (2011).

Probing Protein-Membrane Interactions Using Solid Supported Membranes Ann Junghans, Chloe Champagne, Philippe Cayot, Camille Loupiac, and Ingo Koper, Langmuir, 27, 2709 (2011).

Magnetization Reversal Mechanisms in Heusler Alloy Spin Valves T. P. Ginley, J. A. Borchers, B. J. Kirby, C. L. Dennis, M. J. Carey, and J. R. Childress. Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 07B110 (2011).

A neutron reflectivity study of the interfacial and thermal behaviour of surface-attached hairpin DNA T. H. M. Kjallman, A. J. Nelson, M. James, J. A. Dura, J. Travas-Sejdic and D. J. McGillivray, Soft Matter, 7, 5020 (2011).

Impact of interfacial magnetism on magnetocaloric properties of thin film heterostructures B. J. Kirby, J. W. Lau, D. V. Williams, C. A. Bauer, and Casey W. Miller, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 063905 (2011).

The structural orientation of antibody layers bound to engineered biosensor surfaces Anton P. Le Brun, Stephen A. Holt, Deepan S.H. Shah, Charles F. Majkrzak, Jeremy H. Lakey, Biomaterials, 32, 3303 (2011).

HIV-1 Gag Extension: Conformational Changes Require Simultaneous Interaction with Membrane and Nucleic Acid Siddhartha A.K. Datta, Frank Heinrich, Sindhu Raghunandan, Susan Krueger, Joseph E. Curtis, Alan Rein, and Hirsh Nanda, Journal of Molecular Biology, 406, 205 (2011).

published in 2010 (10)

Structural Analysis of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes Ann Junghans and Ingo Koper, Langmuir, 26, 11035 (2010).

Observation of Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Exchange Coupling in a GaMnAs/GaAs:Be/GaMnAs trilayer structure J. Leiner, H. Lee, T. Yoo, Sanghoon Lee, B. J. Kirby, K. Tivakornsasithorn, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, and M. Dobrowolska, Physical Review B, 82, 195205 (2010).

Deuterium-induced volume expansion in Fe0.5V0.5/V superlattices G. Palsson, V. Kapaklis, J. A. Dura, J. Jacob, S. Jayanetti, A. R. Rennei, and B. Hjörvarsson, Physical Review B, 82, 245424 (2010).

Variations in cross-link density with deposition pressure in ultrathin plasma polymerized benzene and octafluorocyclobutane films Someswara R. Peri, Brian Habersberger, Bulent Akgun, Hao Jiang, Jesse Enlow, Timothy J. Bunning, Charles F. Majkrzak, and Mark D. Foster Polymer, 51, 4390 (2010).

Phase-sensitive neutron reflectometry measurements applied in the study of photovoltaic films J. W. Kiel, M. E. Mackay, B. J. Kirby, B. B. Maranville, and C. F. Majkrzak Journal of Chemical Physics, 133, 074902 (2010).

Vertically graded anisotropy in Co/Pd multilayers B. J. Kirby, J. E. Davies, Kai Liu, S. M. Watson, G. T. Zimanyi, R. D. Shull, P. A. Kienzle, and J. A. Borchers Physical Review B, 81, 100405(R) (2010).

Application of Polarized Neutron Reflectometry and X-Ray Resonant Magnetic Reflectometry for Determining the Inhomogeneous Magnetic Structure in Fe/Gd Multilayers E. A. Kravtsov, D. Haskel, S. G. E. te Velthuis, J. S. Jiang, and B. J. Kirby, Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, 74, 1471 (2010).

Growth kinetics of intermetallic alloy phase at the interfaces of a Ni/Al multilayer using polarized neutron and x-ray reflectometry Surendra Singh, Saibal Basu, M. Gupta, C. F. Majkrzak, and P. A. Kienzle, Physical Review B, 81, 235413 (2010).

Nanoparticle concentration profile in polymer-based solar cells J. W. Kiel, B. J. Kirby, C. F. Majkrzak, B. B. Maranville, and M. E. Mackay Soft Matter, 6, 641 (2010).

Giant magnetoresistance and long-range antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling in (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs:Be multilayers Sunjae Chung, Sanghoon Lee, J.-H. Chung, Taehe Yoo, B. Kirby, X. Liu, and J. K. Furdyna Physical Review B, 82, 054420 (2010).

published in 2009 (13)

Effect of molecular ordering on spin and charge injection in rubrene K. V. Raman, S. M. Watson, J. H. Shim, J. A. Borchers, J. Chang, and J. S. Moodera Physical Review B 80, 195212 (2009).

Internal Structure of Ultrathin Diblock Copolymer Brushes B. Akgun, G. Ugur, W. J. Brittain, C. F. Majkrzak, X. Li, J. Wang, H. Li, D. T. Wu, Q. Wang, and M. D. Foster Macromolocules, 42, 8411 (2009).

Multi-Lamellar Interface Structures in Nafion J. A. Dura, V. S. Murthi, M. Hartman, S. K. Satija, and C. F. Majkrzak, Macromolocules 42, 4769 (2009).

An ion-channel-containing model membrane: structural determination by magnetic contrast neutron reflectometry S. A. Holt, A. P. Le Brun, C. F. Majkrzak, D. J. McGillivray, F. Heinrich, M. Losche, and J. H. Lakery Soft Matter 5, 2576 (2009).

Ferromagnetic semiconductor GaMnAs: Magnetic anisotropy and Interlayer exchange coupling Sanghoon Lee, J. -H. Chung, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, and B. J. Kirby, Materials Today 12, 14 (2009).

Inhomogeneous magnetic states in Fe/Gd heterostructures probed by the complementary use of magnetic neutron and x-ray reflectometry E. Kravtsov, D. Haskel, S. G. E. te Velthuis, J. S. Jiang, and B. J. Kirby, Physical Review B 79, 134438 (2009).

A Molecular Beam Epitaxy Facility for In-Situ Neutron Scattering J. A. Dura and J. LaRock, Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 073906 (2009).

Neutron scattering study of the competing magnetic correlations in La0.85Sr0.15CoO3 D. Phelan, Despina Louca, S. N. Ancona, S. Rosenkranz, H. Zheng, and J. F. Mitchell, Physical Review B 79, 094420 (2009).

Anomalous Ferromagnetism in TbMnO3 Thin Films B. J. Kirby, D. Kan, A. Luykx, M. Murakami, D. Kundaliya, and I. Takeuchi, Journal of Applied Physics 105, 07D917 (2009).

Direct Observation of Magnetic Gradient in Co/Pd Pressure-Graded Media B. J. Kirby, S. M. Watson, J. E. Davies, Kai Liu, R. D. Shull, and J. A. Borchers, Journal of Applied Physics 105, 07C929 (2009).

Interlayer coupling in EuS/SrS, EuS/PbSe and EuS/PbTe magnetic semiconductor superlattices H. Kepa, C. F. Majkrzak, A. Sipatov, A. G. Fedorov, T. A. Samburskaya, and T. M. Giebultowicz, Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter 21, 124207 (2009).

Correlation between microstructure and magnetotransport in organic semiconductor spin-valve structures Y. Liu, S. M. Watson, T. Lee, J. M. Gorham, H. E. Katz, J. A. Borchers, H. D. Fairbrother, and D. H. Reich Physical Review B 79, 075312 (2009).

Ultra-thin SiO2 on Si IX: absolute measurements of the amount of silicon oxide as a thickness of SiO2 on Si M. P. Seah, W. E. S. Unger, Hai Wang, W. Jordaan, Th. Gross, J. A. Dura, Dae Won Moon, P. Totarong, M. Krumrey, R. Hauert and Mo Zhiqiang Surface and Interface Analysis 41, 430 (2009).

published in 2008 (14)

Carrier-Mediated Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Exchange Coupling in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Multilayers Ga[1-x]Mn[x]As / GaAs:Be J. -H Chung, S. J. Chung, Sanghoon Lee, B. J. Kirby, J. A. Borchers, Y. J. Cho, X. Liu, and J. K. Furdyna, Physical Review Letters 101, 237202 (2008).

Spiral spin structures and origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in YMn2O5 J.-H. Kim, S.-H. Lee, S. I. Park, M. Kenzelmann, A. B. Harris, J. Schefer, J.-H. Chung, C. F. Majkrzak, M. Takeda, S. Wakimoto, S. Y. Park, S-W. Cheong, M. Matsuda, H. Kimura, Y. Noda, and K. Kakurai, Physical Review B 78, 245115 (2008).

Soluble Amyloid Beta-Oligomers Affect Dielectric Membrane Properties by Bilayer Insertion and Domain Formation: Implications for Cell Toxicity G. Valincius, F. Heinrich, R. Budvytyte, D. J. Vanderah, D. J. McGillivray, Y. Sokolov, J. E. Hall, and M. Losche Biophysical Journal 95, 4845 (2008).

Ferromagnetism in CuO-ZnO multilayers C. Sudakar, K. Padmanabhan, R. Naik, G. Lawes, B. J. Kirby, Sanjiv Kumar, and V. M. Naik, Applied Physics Letters 93, 042502 (2008).

Interfacial Magnetic Domain Wall Formation in Perpendicular-Anisotropy, Exchange-Spring Films S.M. Watson, T. Hauet, J.A. Borchers, S. Mangin and E.E. Fullerton, Applied Physics Letters 92, 202507 (2008).

Effect of Structural Roughness on Domain Wall Formation in Spin Valves Using Off-specular Reflectivity Techniques Jun Park, S. M. Watson, C. M. Furjanic, D. K. Draganova, M. J. Carey, J. A. Borchers, C. Y. Chen, P. D. Sparks and J. C. Eckert, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 44, 2839 (2008).

The Influence of Growth Temperature and Annealing on the Magnetization Depth Profiles Across Ferromagnetic/Semiconductor Interfaces S. Park, M. R. Fitzsimmons, C. F. Majkrzak, B. D. Schultz, and C. J. Palmstrom, Journal of Applied Physics 104, 083905 (2008).

Monitoring the Assembly of Antibody-Binding Membrane Protein Arrays Using Polarised Neutron Reflection A. P. Le Brun, S. A. Holt, D. S. Shah, C. F. Majkrzak, and J. H. Lakey, Journal of European Biophysics 37, 639 (2008).

MnTe and ZnTe Grown on Sapphire by MBE E. Przezdziecka, E. Dynowska, W. Paszkowicz, W. Dobrowolski, H. Kepa, C.F. Majkrzak, T.M. Giebultowicz, E. Janik, and J. Kossut, Thin Solid Films 516, 4813 (2008).

New Sources and Instrumentation for Neutrons in Biology S. C. M. Teixeira, et al., Chemical Physics 345, 133 (2008).

Thickness of the Pinned Layer as a Controlling Factor in Domain Wall Formation During Training in IrMn-based Spin Valves J. Park, C. Furjanic, S. Eisenberg, D. Diaganova, J.A. Borchers, S.M. Watson, D.J. Tighe, P.A. Kienzle, M.J. Carey, P.D. Sparks and J.C. Eckert, Journal of Applied Physics 103, 07C111 (2008).

Relationship between tunnel magnetoresistance and magnetic layer structure in EuO-based tunnel junctions investigated using polarized neutron reflectivity S.M. Watson, T.S. Santos, J.A. Borchers, and J.S. Moodera, Journal of Applied Physics 103, 07A719 (2008).

Magnetization Reversal of Ga1-xMnxAs Layers Separated by a Non-Magnetic Spacer B.J. Kirby, J.A. Borchers, X. Liu, Z. Ge, Y.J. Cho, M. Dobrowolska, and J.K. Furdyna, Journal of Applied Physics 103, 07D116 (2008).

Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic Interlayer Ordering in Fe(3)/V(14)Hx (001) Superlattices Bjorgvin Hjorvarsson, G. Andersson, J.A. Dura, T.J. Udovic, P. Isberg, and C.F. Majkrzak, Superlattices and Microstructures 43, 101 (2008).

published in 2007 (11)

Nanoscale Magnetic Structure of Ferromangetic/Antiferromagnetic Manganite Multilayers D. Niebieskikwiat, L.E. Hueso, J.A. Borchers, N. D. Mathur and M.B. Salamon, Physical Review Letters 99, 247207 (2007).

Suppression of Nuclear Polarization near the Surface of Optically Pumped GaAs M.R. Fitzsimmons, B.J. Kirby, N.W. Hengartner, F. Trouw, M.J. Erickson, S.D. Flexner, T. Kondo, C. Adelmann, C.J. Palmstrom, P.A. Crowell, W. Chen, T.R. Gentile, J.A. Borchers, C.F. Majkrzak, and R. Pynn, Physical Review B 76, 245301 (2007).

Search for magnetic order in superconducting RuSr2Eu1.2Ce0.8Cu2O10 J. W. Lynn, Y. Chen, Q. Huang, S. K. Goh, and G. V. M. Williams Physical Review B 76, 014519 (2007).

Definitive Evidence of Interlayer Coupling Between Ga1-xMnxAs Layers Separated by a Non-Magnetic Spacer B.J. Kirby, J.A. Borchers, X. Liu, Z. Ge, Y.J. Cho, M. Dobrowolska, and J.K. Furdyna, Physical Review B 76, 205316 (2007).

Tuning Exchange-bias Properties by Thermal Effects in a Hard/Soft Bilayer T. Hauet, S. Mangin, F. Montaigne, J.A. Borchers, and Y. Henry, Applied Physics Letters 91, 022505 (2007).

Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Superlattices Studied by Polarized Neutron Reflectometry H. Kepa, C.F. Majkrzak, A. Yu. Sipatov, and T.M. Giebultowicz, Physica B 397, 36 (2007).

Determining the Structures of Layered Materials by Neutron Reflection C.F. Majkrzak, American Crystallographic Association RefleXions, Spring, 2007.

News from NCNR: Polarized 3He Neutron Spin Filters for NCNR Instruments W.C. Chen, J.A. Borchers, R. Erwin, T.R. Gentile, and J.W. Lynn, Notizario Neutroni E Luce di Sincrotrone 12, 17 (2007).

Neutron Reflectivity Investigations of EuS/PbS Superlattices Grown on (111) BaF2 Substrate H. Kepa, C.F. Majkrzak, A. Yu. Sipatov, Z.Q. Wiren, and T.M. Giebultuwicz, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 310, 2280 (2007).

Pinned Spin Depth Profile of an Overannealed, Exchange Biased, Oxidized-Mn/Ga1-xMnxAs Bilayer - the Effects of Overannealing B.J. Kirby, M.R. Fitzsimmons, J.A. Borchers, Z. Ge, X. Liu, and J.K. Furdyna, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 43, 3016 (2007).

Determination of Complex Magnetic Structures From Polarized Neutron Reflectivity Data by Flexible Modeling of Depth-Dependent Vector Magnetization A.D. Mont, P.A. Kienzle, S.M. Watson, J.A. Borchers, J. Eckert, P. Sparks, S. Moyerman, and M.J. Carey, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 43, 3346 (2007).

2006 (5)

Training Effect in an Exchange Bias System: The Role of Interfacial Domain Walls T. Hauet, J.A. Borchers, P. Mangin, Y. Henry, and S. Mangin, Physical Review Letters 96, 067207 (2006).

Magnetic and Chemical Nonuniformity in Ga1-xMnxAs Films as Probed by Polarized Neutron and X-Ray Reflectometry B.J. Kirby, J.A. Borchers, J.J. Rhyne, K.V. O'Donovan, S.G.E. te Velthuis, S. Roy, Cecilia Sanchez-Hanke, T. Wojtowicz, X. Liu, W.L. Lim, M. Dobrowolska, and J.K. Furdyna, Physical Review B 74, 245304 (2006).

Structural Investigations of Membranes of Interest in Biology C.F. Majkrzak, N.F. Berk, S. Krueger, and U.A. Perez-Salas, in Neutrons in Biology - Techniques and Applications, edited by J. Fitter, T. Gutberlet and J. Katsaras (Springer), (2006).

Magnetic Structure Variations During Giant Magnetoresistance Training in Spin Valves With Picoscale Antiferromagnetic Layers S. Moyerman, J.C. Eckert, J.A. Borchers, K.L. Perdue, M. Doucet, P.D. Sparks, and M.J. Carey, Journal of Applied Physics 99 (8), 08R505 (2006).

Ferromagnetic Relaxation in Spin Valves With Picoscale Antiferromagnetic Layers S. M. Moyerman, W. Gannett, J.A. Borchers, M. Doucet, M.J. Carey, P.D. Sparks, and J.C. Eckert, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 42 (10), 2630 (2006).

2005 (6)

Application of Polarized Neutron Reflectometry to Studies of Artificially Structured Magnetic Materials M.R. Fitzsimmons, and C.F. Majkrzak, in Modern Techniques for Characterizing Magnetic Materials, edited by Y. Zhu, (Springer) (2005).

Continuously Operating Compact 3He-based Neutron Spin Filter G.L. Jones, J. Baker, W.C. Chen, B. Collett, J.A. Cowan, M.F. Dias, T.R. Gentile, C. Hoffmann, T. Koetzle, W.T. Lee, K. Littrell, M. Miller, A. Schultz, W.M. Snow, X. Tong, H. Yan, and A. Yue, Physica B 356, 86 (2005).

Neutron Diffraction and Reflectivity Studies of Eu Chalcogenide Based Superlattices H. Kepa, C.F. Majkrzak, P. Sankowski, P. Kacman, and T.M. Giebultowicz, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 401, 238 (2005).

Effects of Capping on the Ga1-xMnxAs Magnetic Depth Profile B.J. Kirby, J.A. Borchers, J.J. Rhyne, K.V. O'Donovan,T. Wojtowicz, X. Liu, Z. Ge, S. Shen, and J.K. Furdyna, Applied Physics Letters 86, 072506 (2005).

Polarized Neutron Reflectometry C.F. Majkrzak, N.F. Berk, and K.V. O'Donovan in Neutron Scattering From Magnetic Materials, edited by T.K. Chatterji, (Elsevier Science) (2005).

Magnetization Profile in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Recording Media Michael F. Toney, Julie.A. Borchers, Kevin V. O'Donovan, and Charles F. Majkrzak, David T. Margulies, and Eric E. Fullerton, Applied Physics Letters 86, 162506 (2005).

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