Biodegradation of Synthetic Plastics
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Song, Yoon-Seok
(Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University)
Lee, Hee-Uk (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University) Lee, Ja-Hyun (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University) Choi, Han-Suk (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University) Choi, Ung-Su (Center for Urban Energy Systems, KIST) Kim, Seung-Wook (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University) |
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