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Firstly, a mixed delay fractional-order mathematical model is established for the first time as fully complex-valued, where the outer coupling matrices of the model are not restricted to be identical, symmetric, or irreducible. Secondly, to overcome the limitation of the use range of a single controller, two delay-dependent controllers are designed based on the complex-valued quadratic norm and the norm composed of its real and imaginary parts\u2019 absolute values, respectively, to improve the synchronization control efficiency. Besides, the relationships between the fractional order of the system, the fractional-order power law, and the settling time (ST) are analyzed. 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