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Special Issue "Lignocellulosic Biomass II"
Alejandro Rodríguez1, Eduardo Espinosa1, Carlos Martín2,3
1BioPrEn Group, Instituto Químico para la Energía y el Medioambiente (IQUEMA), Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 9, 2023
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As a result of human population growth, the availability of residual lignocellulosic materials from agriculture, forestry, food- and wood-processing industries, and other waste streams is continuously increasing [...].
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