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Make uphill thermodynamics downhill in pathway design

Junhua Guo1, Jinpeng Wang2, Yuxiang Hong2

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China; Department of Chemical Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China.

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