American process: Production of low cost nanocellulose for renewable, advanced materials applications

Springer Series in Materials Science

Volumn 224, Issue , 2016, Pages 267-302

  Nelson, Kim ^a   Retsina, Theodora ^a   Iakovlev, Mikhail ^a   van Heiningen, Adriaan ^a   Deng, Yulin ^a   Shatkin, Jo Anne ^a   Mulyadi, Arie ^a  

^a American Process Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84955482449     PISSN: 0933033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23419-9_9     Document Type: Chapter

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