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Nicolas Brosse1, Mohd Hazwan Hussin2, Afidah Abdul Rahim2

  • 1LERMAB, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Université de Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. Nicolas.Brosse@univ-lorraine.fr.

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
|March 11, 2017
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Ionic liquidLignocellulosePretreatment

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