This application is a divisional application of and claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/687,519, filed Oct. 13, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,423,983 the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present invention was supported by the National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures at North Carolina State University. The United States government may have certain rights to this invention.
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