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Yanwen Sun1, Keqian Yan1, Xirong Huang1

  • 1Key Laboratory of Colloid & Interface Chemistry of the Education Ministry of China, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.

Colloids and Surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
|July 14, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
Electropositive interfaceLaccaseMixed surfactantsPhase behaviorW/IL microemulsion

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