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Big win for Deloitte, BSR in IL&FS case where government was seeking to ban them

The Bombay High Court said that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) can’t take action against the two.





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India plans a more employer-friendly apprenticeship to cater to MNCs

The skill development and entrepreneurship ministry has received multiple queries from firms abroad on apprenticeship norms in India as they scout for new destinations under their ‘one plus one strategy’ of having at least one manufacturing facility outside China.




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Five in 10 organisations across industries keeping their salary increment budgets unchanged: Survey

According to the survey, five in 10 companies have deferred or suspended their promotion schedule; at the same time a downward trend on promotions numbers across all job levels was observed wherein 33% of organisations admitted to having reduced it. However, most organisations in IT/ITES, life sciences/pharma and retail sector have refrained from any downwards trend in overall promotion cycle.




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Talent demand for remote jobs will continue to rise post lockdown: TimesJobs survey

The survey titled ‘Covid-19 and its impact on jobs at India Inc’ aims to understand the impact of the lockdown on the country’s employment scenario. It received 1,345 responses from HR professionals working in different sectors.




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Most employers keen to retain existing workforce amid COVID-19 crisis, says survey

According to staffing company Genius Consultants '9th Hiring, Attrition and Compensation Trend 2020-21', around 81 per cent of the respondents have shown interest to carry on with existing manpower and retaining them.




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Nine in 10 employees stressed about returning to office post lockdown: Survey

As India Inc prepares for offices to open post the lockdown, the survey assesses the anxiety level of employees and shows a strong desire to do what’s right by their co-workers by complying to new health monitoring compliances, along with a high degree of awareness of changes in routine that await them.




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Amid vast unemployment, India's biggest job creator short of labour

The challenge of retaining staff despite 12.2 crore people losing their jobs in India last month shows how difficult it will be for Modi to restart Asia’s No. 3 economy, where the bulk of the workforce comprises so-called informal labour that are denied security and benefits. Economists predict a rare contraction in national output.




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Umar Akmal didn’t show remorse for failing to report fixing approaches, says PCB disciplinary panel head

Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan submitted his detailed judgement on the case to the Pakistan Cricket Board, which made it public on Friday.




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Biochar-augmented biofilters to improve pollutant removal from stormwater – can they improve receiving water quality?

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00027B, Critical Review
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Alexandria B. Boehm, Colin D. Bell, Nicole J. M. Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gallo, Christopher P. Higgins, Terri S. Hogue, Richard G. Luthy, Andrea C. Portmann, Bridget A. Ulrich, Jordyn M. Wolfand
Stormwater biofilters are being implemented widely in urban environments to provide green space, alleviate flooding, and improve stormwater quality.
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Asymmetrical electrode system for stable operation of a large-scale reverse electrodialysis (RED) system

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00001A, Paper
Ji-Hyung Han, Haejun Jeong, Kyo Sik Hwang, Chan-Soo Kim, Namjo Jeong, SeungCheol Yang
To suppress inorganic scaling around the cathode in reverse electrodialysis, we suggest a bipolar membrane-containing asymmetric electrode system without significant power loss.
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Effects of anaerobic digester solids retention time on odor emission and dewaterability of biosolids subjected to various shear intensities, polymer doses, and storage duration times

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00028K, Paper
Dian Zhang, Mary Strawn, Tom Broderick, John T. Novak, Zhi-Wu Wang
Shear intensity and polymer dose contributed more than SRT to odor emission from dewatered cake.
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Enhanced removal of organic pollutants from super heavy oil wastewater using specially modified lignite activated coke

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00033G, Paper
Kun Tong, Guodong Ji, Fan Nie, Mingdong Zhang, Wen Ren, Shuixiang Xie
Lignite activated coke (LAC) has been modified in situ by adsorbing the biodegradation effluent of super heavy oil wastewater (SHOW) to extract organic pollutants from raw SHOW before biodegradation is investigated.
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Atomic layer deposition and electrospinning for membrane surface engineering methods for water treatment: a short review

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01134J, Critical Review
Jieun Lee, In S. Kim, Moon-Hyun Hwang, Kyu-Jung Chae
With the development of water purification, the membrane process has drawn attention because of its separation efficiency. However, low rejection efficiency and flux decline driven by membrane fouling remain as...
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Sediment and biofilm affect disinfectant decay rates during long-term operation of simulated reclaimed water distribution systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00978G, Paper
Ni Zhu, Kris Mapili, Haniyyah Majeed, Amy Pruden, Marc A. Edwards
Unique water chemistry and operational conditions of reclaimed water distribution systems facilitated accumulation of sediment which resulted in depletion of disinfectants and microbial regrowth.
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Graphene stimulating nucleation-and-growth rate of NaCl crystals from hypersaline solution via membrane crystallization

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01124B, Paper
Annarosa Gugliuzza, Maria Luisa Perrotta, Francesca Macedonio, Elena Tocci, Lidietta Giorno, Enrico Drioli
Membrane crystallization (MCr) is regarded as a powerful tool for promoting the formation of crystals of salt from hypersaline solutions such as seawater brine. In this kind of process, a...
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Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications for the Intrinsic Chemiluminescence Production from the Degradation of Haloaromatic Pollutants during Environmentally-Friendly Advanced Oxidation Processes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00325E, Perspective
Li Mao, Hui-Ying Gao, Bo Shao, Chun-Hua Huang, Ben-Zhan Zhu
The ubiquitous distribution of halogenated aromatic compounds (XAr) coupled with their carcinogenicity has raised public concerns on their potential risks to both human health and our ecosystem. Recently, advanced oxidation...
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Emerging investigator series: membrane distillation and high salinity: analysis and implications

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01055F, Tutorial Review
Mukta Hardikar, Itzel Marquez, Andrea Achilli
In energy efficient membrane distillation, the low transmembrane temperature difference exacerbates salinity's effect on water flux and specific energy consumption.
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Integration of aerobic granulation and UV/H2O2 processes in a continuous flow system for the degradation of sulfolane in contaminated water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01048C, Paper
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Muhammad Faizan Khan, Linlong Yu, Jordan Hollman, Joo Hwa Tay, Gopal Achari
Aerobic granulation and UV/H2O2 in a continuous flow-through reactor can effectively degrade emerging contaminates, such as sulfolane.
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Balancing water quality and flows in combined sewer systems using real-time control

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1357-1369
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00882A, Paper
Sara C. Troutman, Nancy G. Love, Branko Kerkez
An open-source control algorithm for combined sewers demonstrates how treatment plant benefits can be balanced with operation of the collection system.
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Removal of organic micropollutants in anaerobic membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment: critical review

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1230-1243
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01058K, Critical Review
Michael Lim, Dominique Patureau, Marc Heran, Geoffroy Lesage, Jeonghwan Kim
The anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is a promising technology for achieving an energy-saving or even energy-positive wastewater treatment process as it produces high effluent quality and renewable energy in the form of methane.
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Emerging investigator series: formation of brominated haloacetamides from trihalomethanes during zero-valent iron reduction and subsequent booster chlorination in drinking water distribution

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1244-1255
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00977A, Paper
Pengzhou Luo, FeiFei Wang, Stuart W. Krasner, Chao Fang, Shenghua Chen, Wenhai Chu
This study investigated the transformation of a THM mixture and the change of toxicity risk in drinking water distribution systems for the first time.
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Bacterial community structure correlates with Legionella pneumophila colonization of New York City high rise building premises plumbing systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1324-1335
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01084J, Paper
Xiao Ma, David Pierre, Kyle Bibby, Janet E. Stout
Several bacterial taxa were found enriched in L. pneumophila culture positive water samples, demonstrating a potential association between Legionella colonization and the premises plumbing bacterial community.
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Removal and growth of microorganisms across treatment and simulated distribution at a pilot-scale direct potable reuse facility

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1370-1387
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01087D, Paper
Scott E. Miller, Roberto A. Rodriguez, Kara L. Nelson
Multi-barrier advanced treatment trains are able to purify wastewater to drinking water standards, but improved methods are needed to better understand microbial concentrations, viability, and growth potential throughout treatment and distribution.
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The effects of water chemistry on the detachment and dissolution of differently stabilized silver nanoparticles from ceramic membranes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1347-1356
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01141B, Paper
Anne M. Mikelonis, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Desmond F. Lawler
A multilevel statistical model was developed to demonstrate stabilizing agent impact on detachment of silver nanoparticles from ceramic water treatment membranes.
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The impact of monochloramines and dichloramines on reverse osmosis membranes in wastewater potable reuse process trains: a pilot-scale study

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1336-1346
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00048E, Paper
Hye-Jin Lee, Mohamad Amin Halali, Siva Sarathy, Charles-François de Lannoy
Dichloramine has a strong oxidative effect on polyamide RO membranes, causing oxidative hydrogen bond breakage of the polyamide rejection layer.
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Field testing of an onsite sanitation system on apartment building blackwater using biological treatment and electrochemical disinfection

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1400-1411
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01106D, Paper
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Siva Kumar Varigala, Meghan Hegarty-Craver, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Prakash Madhavan, Milan Basil, Praveen Rosario, Antony Raj, Viswa Barani, Clement A. Cid, Sonia Grego, Michael Luettgen
Demonstration of an electrochemical toilet wastewater treatment and disinfection technology at the scale of an apartment building and translation of the system into a commercial product.
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Pilot-scale ozone/biological activated carbon treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate: potential for synergism between nitrate and contaminant removal and potable reuse

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1421-1431
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00013B, Paper
Zhong Zhang, Jacob F. King, Aleksandra Szczuka, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, William A. Mitch
Reverse osmosis treatment for potable reuse can reduce the cost for removing nitrate and contaminants from wastewater prior to discharge.
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Investigation of metaldehyde removal by powdered activated carbon from different water samples

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1432-1444
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00962K, Paper
Open Access
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Zhuojun Li, Juntao Li, Zhengxiao Guo, Luiza C. Campos
Applying PAC to the water sample collected after static flocculation (position 2) gave the best result regarding the removal of metaldehyde.
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Emerging investigator series: carbon electrodes are effective for the detection and reduction of hexavalent chromium in water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1256-1261
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00146E, Paper
Open Access
Callie M. Stern, Darius W. Hayes, Lebogang O. Kgoadi, Noémie Elgrishi
Electrochemical methods using carbon electrodes are an attractive option for the detection and reduction of toxic Cr(VI) to benign Cr(III) in drinking water.
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Stable immobilized amine sorbents for heavy metal and REE removal from industrial wastewaters

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1286-1299
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00915A, Paper
Walter Christopher Wilfong, Brian W. Kail, Qiuming Wang, Fan Shi, Greg Shipley, Thomas J. Tarka, McMahan L. Gray
Stable and immobilized amine sorbents can simultaneously remove/recover cationic and oxyanionic toxic metals plus valuable rare earth elements from industrial and mining effluents prior to discharging into environmental water systems.
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Molecular level characterisation of ion-exchange water treatment coupled to ceramic membrane filtration

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1495-1504
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01042D, Paper
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Alan J. R. Smith, Graeme Moore, Andrea J. C. Semiao, Dušan Uhrín
Preferential removal of highly oxygenated larger aromatic and condensed aromatic molecules through ceramic membrane based water treatment.
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Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, Paper
Seungdae Oh, Donggeon Choi
Elucidating the functional stability upon environmental stressors is of great practical importance for managing the system performance of various environmental biological processes (e.g., activated sludge).
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Correction: Understanding fecal sludge drying in membrane-lined container-based toilets for developing countries with CFD modeling

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1505-1506
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90023K, Correction
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Babak Ebrazi Bakhshayesh, Shray Saxena, Paul T. Imhoff
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2019 Best Papers published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1210-1212
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90017F, Editorial
Kristopher McNeill, Paige J. Novak, Peter J. Vikesland
The Editors-in-Chief of the Environmental Science journals introduce the Best Papers of 2019.
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Emerging investigator series: phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater by adsorption on steelmaking slag preceding forward osmosis: an integrated process

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00187B, Paper
Biplob Kumar Pramanik, Md. Aminul Islam, Muhammad Bilal Asif, Rajeev Roychand, Sagor Kumar Pramanik, Kalpit Shah, Muhammed Bhuiyan, Faisal Hai
Phosphorus is a critical non-renewable mineral essential for sustainable crop production.
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News from the John W. Kluge Center: You are invited: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Future of Democracy

Thursday, December 5, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Get your free tickets here.

Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell.

Harrison is an expert on the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, and contemporary Germany, and is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is the author of the new book, After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present (2019).

Stelzenmüller is an expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy. She is the inaugural Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution and the Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Kluge Center.

The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed. Register for a ticket here.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Join us for a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin

On May 13, join the John W. Kluge Center for the first in our Conversations on the Future of Democracy series featuring Yuval Levin, who will be discussing his new book, A Time to Build, a look at the critical importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem.

Find the event on May 13 at the Library’s showcase for everything you can access while the doors are closed: Library of Congress: Engage!

And sign up for a free ticket to get a reminder when the event happens.

Yuval Levin is a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies. Levin is also the editor-in-chief of National Affairs.

Also, we’ve got a packed schedule of virtual events lined up, so stay tuned for more.




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Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra put under section 80G; donations to trust exempted from income tax

The Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has been created for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The 15-member trust was constituted by the Modi government, after the Supreme Court's verdict on November 9 settled the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.




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Aurangabad train mishap: Mortal remains of 16 migrant labourers sent to MP

The mortal remains of the 16 migrant labourers, who were killed after a goods train ran over them in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday, had been sent to their native state Madhya Pradesh on a special train.




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No hike in school fees in academic year 2020-21: Maharashtra Education Department

Giving a big relief to parents during the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, the Maharashtra Education Department has announced that there will be no hike in school fees in the academic year 2020-21.




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Riyaz Naikoo encounter: Private mobile phones restored in Kashmir, internet remains suspended

The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since the third week of March due to COVID-19 pandemic, was generally calm barring a few local protests in some villages of Pulwama in south Kashmir.




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Protests in Visakhapatnam over gas leak incident, locals demand closure of LG Polymers chemical plant

The incident took place even as state Director General of Police DG Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy.




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The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagement: Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice


 

Against a global backdrop of problematic adherence to medical treatment, this volume addresses and provides practical solutions to the simple question: “Why don’t patients take treatments that could save their lives?”

The Wiley handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagementoffers a guide to the theory, research and clinical practice of promoting patient engagement in healthcare treatment at individual, organizational and systems levels. The concept of



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Elements of photoionization quantum dynamics methods / Lampros A.A. Nikolopoulos

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Quantum strangeness: wrestling with Bell's theorem and the ultimate nature of reality / George Greenstein ; foreword by David Kaiser

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Practicing the correspondence principle in the old quantum theory: a transformation through implementation / Martin Jähnert

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Surface plasmon resonance sensors: a materials guide to design, characterization, optimization, and usage / Leiva Casemiro Oliveira, Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima, Carsten Thirstrup, Helmut Franz Neff

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Quantum versus classical mechanics and integrability problems: towards a unification of approaches and tools / Maciej Błaszak

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Nanoparticle design and characterization for catalytic applications in sustainable chemistry / edited by Rafael Luque and Pepijn Prinsen

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