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Palomar J, Lemus J, Navarro P, Moya C, Santiago R, Hospital-Benito D, Hernández E. Process Simulation and Optimization on Ionic Liquids. Chem Rev 2024; 124:1649-1737. [PMID: 38320111 PMCID: PMC10906004 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising alternative compounds that enable the development of technologies based on their unique properties as solvents or catalysts. These technologies require integrated product and process designs to select ILs with optimal process performances at an industrial scale to promote cost-effective and sustainable technologies. The digital era and multiscale research methodologies have changed the paradigm from experiment-oriented to hybrid experimental-computational developments guided by process engineering. This Review summarizes the relevant contributions (>300 research papers) of process simulations to advance IL-based technology developments by guiding experimental research efforts and enhancing industrial transferability. Robust simulation methodologies, mostly based on predictive COSMO-SAC/RS and UNIFAC models in Aspen Plus software, were applied to analyze key IL applications: physical and chemical CO2 capture, CO2 conversion, gas separation, liquid-liquid extraction, extractive distillation, refrigeration cycles, and biorefinery. The contributions concern the IL selection criteria, operational unit design, equipment sizing, technoeconomic and environmental analyses, and process optimization to promote the competitiveness of the proposed IL-based technologies. Process simulation revealed that multiscale research strategies enable advancement in the technological development of IL applications by focusing research efforts to overcome the limitations and exploit the excellent properties of ILs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jose Palomar
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Autonomous University
of Madrid, Calle Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Autonomous University
of Madrid, Calle Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Autonomous University
of Madrid, Calle Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Tecnología Química, Energética y Mecánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica, Control,
Telemática y Química aplicada a la Ingeniería,
ETS de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad
Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Autonomous University
of Madrid, Calle Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Autonomous University
of Madrid, Calle Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Zhao R, Zhou Y, Zheng YZ. The azeotropy eliminating mechanism of ethyl acetate-acetonitrile system via ionic liquid entrainer: A combination of FTIR and DFT study. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 305:123461. [PMID: 37783036 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) are good candidates for azeotropy separation. Knowledge of the microstructure properties of azeotrope - IL mixtures is important because they could reveal the molecular intrinsic cause of the elimination of azeotropy and represent the basis for the practical process. In this work, the microstructures of ethyl acetate-acetonitrile azeotrope mixtures and a representative IL, 1‑butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([BMIM][Tf2N], which could eliminate the azeotropy of the ethyl acetate-acetonitrile system, were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with the assistance of quantum chemical calculations and excess spectra. The C≡N stretching vibrational region of acetonitrile was closely examined. The interaction complexes of ethyl acetate-acetonitrile and ion cluster/ion pair/ion - acetonitrile were identified. Weak strength hydrogen-bonds with electrostatically dominant and closed-shell interaction properties were found in these complexes. The interactions between [BMIM][Tf2N] and acetonitrile were stronger than those between ethyl acetate and acetonitrile, which caused the addition of IL to easily destroy the ethyl acetate-acetonitrile interaction complex. The interactions between [BMIM][Tf2N] and acetonitrile were stronger than those between [BMIM][Tf2N] and ethyl acetate, which would influence the relative volatility of ethyl acetate and acetonitrile in the azeotrope system. When x(IL) was larger than 0.027, all the interaction complexes between acetonitrile and ethyl acetate were completely broken apart, and the azeotrope was eliminated.
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- Rui Zhao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China.
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- College of Ocean Food and Biological Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, PR China.
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Guo C, Du L, Liu X, Cao Y, Zheng S, He G. Multilevel Comparison of Ionic Liquid Separation of a Methanol/Methyl Acetate/Water Mixture. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c04318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Chao Guo
- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu610059, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610065, China
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Li J, Wang Q, Tian L, Li Z, Li Y, Hu Y, Liu B. N-octylpyridinium bromide applied to purification of benzene by extractive distillation: Thermodynamic properties for intuitive evaluation of entrainer. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Finberg EA, May TL, Shiflett MB. Multicomponent Refrigerant Separation Using Extractive Distillation with Ionic Liquids. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ethan A. Finberg
- Institute for Sustainable Engineering, University of Kansas, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Institute for Sustainable Engineering, University of Kansas, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Institute for Sustainable Engineering, University of Kansas, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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Qi L, Li J, Yang A, Yi X, Shen W. Toward a Sustainable Azeotrope Separation of Acetonitrile/Water by the Synergy of Ionic Liquid-Based Extractive Distillation, Heat Integration, and Multiobjective Optimization. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lu Qi
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, P.R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, P.R. China
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- College of Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji’an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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Hu S, Li J, Wang Q, Yang W. Design and optimization of an integrated process for the purification of propylene oxide and the separation of propylene glycol by-product. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Al‐Barghouti KS, Scurto AM. Thermal Conductivity of the Ionic Liquid [
HMIm
][
Tf
2
N
] with Compressed Carbon Dioxide. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Karim S. Al‐Barghouti
- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA
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- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA
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Process of separating acetonitrile and water using LTTMs as entrainer. POLISH JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.2478/pjct-2021-0031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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New extractive distillation configurations, which use low transition temperature mixtures (LTTMs) as entrainers, have attracted widespread attention among scholars due to their green processes. Furthermore, the design and comparison of different processes can promote the application of new solvents in the future. In this study, two extractive distillation processes, the extractive distillation column (ED) and the extraction dividing wall column (EDW), were selected from previous work. The separation process of acetonitrile (ACN)-water ternary mixtures was studied, and GC3:1(choline chloride/glycolic acid mixture (molar mass 1:3)) and EC2:1((choline chloride/ethylene glycol 1:2 molar mass) were used as entrainers. Minimum consumption energy and the purity of ACN and water were set as the goals, and our sensitivity analysis and economic evaluation results showed that both ED and EDW were effective. As a result, LTTMs can be used in extractive distillation for azeotrope separation.
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Wu T, Zhang Q, Xin H, Li S, Song T, Zhang Z. Study on the selective separation of methanol and methyl ethyl ketone from the azeotropic system using ionic liquids and their separation mechanism. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Tripodi A, Conte F, Robbiano A, Ramis G, Rossetti I. Solid–Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of the System Water, Acetonitrile, and Ammonium Bicarbonate in Multiphase Reacting Systems. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Antonio Tripodi
- Chemical Plants and Industrial Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano, via C. Golgi 19, Milano 20133, Italy
- CNR-ISTM and INSTM Unit Milano-Università, via C. Golgi 19, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Chemical Plants and Industrial Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano, via C. Golgi 19, Milano 20133, Italy
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- DICCA, Università degli Studi di Genova and INSTM Unit-Genova, via all’Opera Pia 15A, Genoa 16100, Italy
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- DICCA, Università degli Studi di Genova and INSTM Unit-Genova, via all’Opera Pia 15A, Genoa 16100, Italy
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- Chemical Plants and Industrial Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano, via C. Golgi 19, Milano 20133, Italy
- CNR-ISTM and INSTM Unit Milano-Università, via C. Golgi 19, Milano 20133, Italy
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Finberg EA, Shiflett MB. Process Designs for Separating R-410A, R-404A, and R-407C Using Extractive Distillation and Ionic Liquid Entrainers. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ethan A. Finberg
- Institute for Sustainable Engineering, University of Kansas, 1536 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Institute for Sustainable Engineering, University of Kansas, 1536 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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Technical and Economic Analysis for the Production of Acrylonitrile from Crude Glycerol. Chem Eng Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202100299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Investigation of multi-objective optimization for integrating design and control of ionic liquid-based extractive distillation. Chem Eng Res Des 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Conceptual design, optimization, and carbon emission analysis for the acrylonitrile/acetonitrile/water separation processes. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Zhu Z, Li H, Xu Y, Zhang W, Shen Y, Gao J, Wang L, Wang Y. Quantum chemical calculation, molecular dynamics simulation and process design for separation of heptane - butanol using ionic liquids extraction. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ayuso M, Palma AM, Larriba M, Delgado-Mellado N, García J, Rodríguez F, Coutinho JAP, Carvalho PJ, Navarro P. Experimental and CPA EoS Description of the Key Components in the BTX Separation from Gasolines by Extractive Distillation with Tricyanomethanide-Based Ionic Liquids. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Miguel Ayuso
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Complutense University of Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Complutense University of Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Complutense University of Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Complutense University of Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Complutense University of Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Autónoma University of Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Characterization of the solubilizing ability of short-chained glycol-grafted ammonium and phosphonium ionic liquids. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Qi J, Zhang Q, Han X, Wu Q, Li Y, Li Q. Vapor-liquid equilibrium experiment and process simulation of extractive distillation for separating diisopropyl ether-isopropyl alcohol using ionic liquid. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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