NEW INSIGHTS INTO MEMBRANE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: POLYMERIC AND BIOFUNCTIONAL MEMBRANES
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO MEMBRANE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: POLYMERIC AND BIOFUNCTIONAL M E M B I ~ N E S Edited
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Dibakar Bhattacharyya Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Center of Membrane Sciences University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA and
D. Allan Butterfield Department of Chemistry and Center of Membrane Sciences University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0059, USA
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