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An atomistic level study was conducted to investigate the local structure of the\n                    <b:math xmlns:b=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                      <b:mrow>\n                        <b:mn>1<\/b:mn>\n                        <b:msup>\n                          <b:mi>T<\/b:mi>\n                          <b:mo>\u2032<\/b:mo>\n                        <\/b:msup>\n                      <\/b:mrow>\n                    <\/b:math>\n                    and\n                    <c:math xmlns:c=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                      <c:msub>\n                        <c:mi>T<\/c:mi>\n                        <c:mi>d<\/c:mi>\n                      <\/c:msub>\n                    <\/c:math>\n                    phases of\n                    <d:math xmlns:d=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                      <d:mrow>\n                        <d:msub>\n                          <d:mrow>\n                            <d:mi>MoTe<\/d:mi>\n                          <\/d:mrow>\n                          <d:mn>2<\/d:mn>\n                        <\/d:msub>\n                      <\/d:mrow>\n                    <\/d:math>\n                    by using the pair distribution function (PDF) technique. 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