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Yu CX, Jiang W, Zhang CW, Fang H, Wang LZ, Gao MJ, Zhou YL, Qian Y, Liu LL. Decorating Cage-Shaped Cavities with Carboxyl Groups on Two-Dimensional MOF Nanosheet for Trace Uranium(VI) Trapping. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:15105-15114. [PMID: 39081045 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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The efficient and complete extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions is crucial for safeguarding human health from potential radiotoxicity and chemotoxicity. Herein, an ultrathin 2D metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheet with cavity structures was elaborately constructed, based on a calix[4]arene ligand. The large molecular skeleton and cup-shaped feature of the calix[4]arene enabled the as-prepared MOFs with large layer separations, which can be readily delaminated into ultrathin single-layer (∼1.25 nm) nanosheets. The incorporation of permanent cavity structures to the MOF nanosheets can fully utilize their structural features of readily accessible adsorption groups and exposed surface area in uranium removal, reaching ultrafast adsorption kinetics; the functionalized cavity structure endowed MOF nanosheets with the ability to preconcentrate and extract uranium from aqueous solutions with ultrahigh efficiencies, even at extremely low concentrations. As a result, relatively high removal ratios (>95%) can be achieved for uranium within 5 min, even in the ultralow concentration range of 75-250 ppb, and the residual uranium was reduced to below 4.9 ppb. The MOF nanosheets also exhibited extremely high anti-interference ability, which could efficiently remove the low-level uranium (∼150 ppb) from various real samples. The characterizations and density functional theory calculations demonstrated that the synergistic effects of multiple interactions between the carboxylate groups and cage-like cavities with uranyl ions can be responsible for the efficient and selective uranium extraction.
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- Cai-Xia Yu
- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
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Yu CX, Jiang W, Lei M, Yao MR, Sun XQ, Wang Y, Liu W, Liu LL. Fabrication of Carboxylate-Functionalized 2D MOF Nanosheet with Caged Cavity for Efficient and Selective Extraction of Uranium from Aqueous Solution. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308910. [PMID: 38150628 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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The efficient removal of radioactive uranium from aqueous solution is of great significance for the safe and sustainable development of nuclear power. An ultrathin 2D metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheet with cavity structures was elaborately fabricated based on a calix[4]arene ligand. Incorporating the permanent cavity structures on MOF nanosheet can fully utilize its structural characteristics of largely exposed surface area and accessible adsorption sites in pollutant removal, achieving ultrafast adsorption kinetics, and the functionalized cavity structure would endow the MOF nanosheets with the ability to achieve preconcentration and extraction of uranium from aqueous solution, affording ultrahigh removal efficiency even in ultra-low concentrations. Thus, more than 97% uranium can be removed from the concentration range of 50-500 µg L-1 within 5 min. Moreover, the 2D nano-material exhibits ultra-high anti-interference ability, which can efficiently remove uranium from groundwater and seawater. The adsorption mechanism was investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, which revealed that the cavity structure plays an important role in uranium capture. This study not only realizes highly efficient uranium removal from aqueous solution but also opens the door to achieving ultrathin MOF nanosheets with cavity structures, which will greatly expand the applications of MOF nanosheets.
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- Cai-Xia Yu
- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
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Wang J, Cheng C, Sun S, Zhao W, Zhao C. Metal-organic framework-based adsorbents for blood purification: progress, challenges, and prospects. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:3594-3613. [PMID: 38506127 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb03047d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Blood purification, such as hemodialysis (HD), plasma exchange (PE), and hemoperfusion (HP), is widely applied in patients with organ failure (such as kidney and liver failure). Among them, HP mainly relies on porous adsorbents to efficiently adsorb accumulated metabolic wastes and toxins, thus improving purification efficiency. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with a high porosity, large surface area, high loading capacity, and tailorable topology, are emerging as some of the most promising materials for HP. Compared with non-metal framework counterparts, the self-built metal centers of MOFs feature the intrinsic advantages of coordination with toxin molecules. However, research on MOFs in blood purification is insufficient, particularly in contrast to materials applied in other biomedical applications. Thus, to broaden this area, this review first discusses the essential characteristics, potential mechanisms, and structure-function relationship between MOFs and toxin adsorption based on porosity, topology, ligand functionalization, metal centers, and toxin types. Moreover, the stability, utilization safety, and hemocompatibility of MOFs are illustrated for adsorbent selection. The current development and progress in MOF composites for HD, HP, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are also summarized to highlight their practicability. Finally, we propose future opportunities and challenges from materials design and manufacture to the computational prediction of MOFs in blood purification. It is anticipated that our review will expand the interest of researchers for more impact in this area.
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- Jiemin Wang
- College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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Elmerhi N, Al-Maqdi K, Athamneh K, Mohammed AK, Skorjanc T, Gándara F, Raya J, Pascal S, Siri O, Trabolsi A, Shah I, Shetty D, Ashraf SS. Enzyme-immobilized hierarchically porous covalent organic framework biocomposite for catalytic degradation of broad-range emerging pollutants in water. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 459:132261. [PMID: 37572608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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Efficient enzyme immobilization is crucial for the successful commercialization of large-scale enzymatic water treatment. However, issues such as lack of high enzyme loading coupled with enzyme leaching present challenges for the widespread adoption of immobilized enzyme systems. The present study describes the development and bioremediation application of an enzyme biocomposite employing a cationic macrocycle-based covalent organic framework (COF) with hierarchical porosity for the immobilization of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The intrinsic hierarchical porous features of the azacalix[4]arene-based COF (ACA-COF) allowed for a maximum HRP loading capacity of 0.76 mg/mg COF with low enzyme leaching (<5.0 %). The biocomposite, HRP@ACA-COF, exhibited exceptional thermal stability (∼200 % higher relative activity than the free enzyme), and maintained ∼60 % enzyme activity after five cycles. LCMSMS analyses confirmed that the HRP@ACA-COF system was able to achieve > 99 % degradation of seven diverse types of emerging pollutants (2-mercaptobenzothiazole, paracetamol, caffeic acid, methylparaben, furosemide, sulfamethoxazole, and salicylic acid)in under an hour. The described enzyme-COF system offers promise for efficient wastewater bioremediation applications.
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- Nada Elmerhi
- Department of Chemistry, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates; Center for Catalysis and Separations, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirate
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- Department of Biology, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates
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- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 11c, 5270 Ajdovscina, Slovenia
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid-CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Membrane Biophysics and NMR, Institute of Chemistry, University of Strasbourg - CNRS, Rue Blaise, Pascal 1, Strasbourg, France
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- Aix Marseille University, UMR 7325 CNRS, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille (CINaM), Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France
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- Aix Marseille University, UMR 7325 CNRS, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille (CINaM), Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France
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- Chemistry Program & NYUAD Water Research Center, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), 129188 Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirate
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- Department of Chemistry, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates; Center for Catalysis and Separations, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Biology, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates; Center for Biotechnology, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates; Advanced Materials Chemistry Center, Khalifa University, PO Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
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Fabiani T, Ricci E, Boi C, Dimartino S, De Angelis MG. In silico screening of nanoporous materials for urea removal in hemodialysis applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:24069-24080. [PMID: 37655458 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01510f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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The design of miniaturized hemodialysis devices, such as wearable artificial kidneys, requires regeneration of the dialysate stream to remove uremic toxins from water. Adsorption has the potential to capture such molecules, but conventional adsorbents have low urea/water selectivity. In this work, we performed a comprehensive computational study of 560 porous crystalline adsorbents comprising mainly covalent organic frameworks (COFs), as well as some siliceous zeolites, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and graphitic materials. An initial screening using Widom insertion method assessed the excess chemical potential at infinite dilution for water and urea at 310 K, providing information on the strength and selectivity of urea adsorption. From such analysis it was observed that urea adsorption and urea/water selectivity increased strongly with fluorine content in COFs, while other compositional or structural parameters did not correlate with material performance. Two COFs, namely COF-F6 and Tf-DHzDPr were explored further through Molecular Dynamics simulations. The results agree with those of the Widom method and allow to identify the urea binding sites, the contribution of electrostatic and van der Waals interactions, and the position of preferential urea-urea and urea-framework interactions. This study paves the way for a well-informed experimental campaign and accelerates the development of novel sorbents for urea removal, ultimately advancing on the path to achieve wearable artificial kidneys.
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- Thomas Fabiani
- Institute for Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, EH9 3FB, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna (BO), Italy
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna (BO), Italy
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Colin Maclaurin Road, EH9 3DW, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, EH9 3FB, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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Yuan Y, Bang KT, Wang R, Kim Y. Macrocycle-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2210952. [PMID: 36608278 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Macrocycles with well-defined cavities and the ability to undergo supramolecular interactions are classical materials that have played an essential role in materials science. However, one of the most substantial barriers limiting the utilization of macrocycles is their aggregation, which blocks the active regions. Among many attempted strategies to prevent such aggregation, installing macrocycles into covalent organic frameworks (COFs), which are porous and stable reticular networks, has emerged as an ideal solution. The resulting macrocycle-based COFs (M-COFs) preserve the macrocycles' unique activities, enabling applications in various fields such as single-atom catalysis, adsorption/separation, optoelectronics, phototherapy, and structural design of forming single-layered or mechanically interlocked COFs. The resulting properties are unmatchable by any combination of macrocycles with other substrates, opening a new chapter in advanced materials. This review focuses on the latest progress in the concepts, synthesis, properties, and applications of M-COFs, and presents an in-depth outlook on the challenges and opportunities in this emerging field.
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- Yufei Yuan
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Rodríguez-Carríllo C, Benítez M, El Haskouri J, Amorós P, Ros-Lis JV. Novel Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of COFs: 2020–2022. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073112. [PMID: 37049875 PMCID: PMC10096173 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as a new type of crystalline porous polymers of great interest. However, their preparation requires long reaction times. Microwave-assisted synthesis (MAS) offers an interesting approach to increasing the reaction rate of chemical processes. Thus, microwaves can be a key tool for the fast and scalable synthesis of COFs. Since our previous review on the topic, the preparation of COFs with microwaves has been evolving. Herein, we present a compilation of COFs studies and experiments published in the last three years on the synthesis of COFs using microwave-assisted synthesis as a source of energy. The articles include imine, triazine, and other 2D COFs synthesized using MAS. The 3D COFs have also been compiled. The chemical structure of the monomers and the COFs and their main parameters of synthesis and application are summarized for each article.
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- Cristina Rodríguez-Carríllo
- REDOLI Research Group, Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Moleculary Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- REDOLI Research Group, Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Moleculary Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència dels Materials (ICMUV), Universitat de València, P.O. Box 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència dels Materials (ICMUV), Universitat de València, P.O. Box 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
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- REDOLI Research Group, Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Moleculary Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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