Nanocompounds as formulating aids

Edible Films and Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 241-261

  Condés, María Cecilia ^a   Echeverría, Ignacio ^a   Añón, María Cristina ^a   Mauri, Adriana Noemí ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781315373713     Document Type: Chapter

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