for providing a crude monomer of 4-vinylpyridine and valuable suggestions for the present work. They also acknowledge Dr. Tadatoshi Ota of Tokushima University for his stimulating discussions on the vinyl polymerization. The SEM observations were made by courtesy of the staff
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