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Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 23, 8463–8466Publication Date (Web):May 31, 2023Publication History Received2 April 2023Published online31 May 2023Published inissue 13 June 2023https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c02468Copyright © 2023 American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views972Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. 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