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García-Merino B, Bringas E, Ortiz I. Fast and reliable analysis of pH-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery using microfluidic tools. Int J Pharm 2023; 643:123232. [PMID: 37460049 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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During the last decades, there has been growing interest in the application of functionalized mesoporous nanomaterials as stimuli-responsive carriers for drug delivery. However, at present there is not a standardized methodology to evaluate their performance. The limitations of the different techniques reported in literature give rise to the necessity for new, simple, and cost-effective alternatives. This work constitutes a step forward in the development of advanced in vitro procedures for testing the behavior of nanocarriers, proposing a novel microfluidic platform. To test the capacity of the reported tool, the performance of amino-functionalized MCM-41 nanoparticles has been assessed. These materials show a pH-responsive mechanism, which prevents the drug release at acidic conditions, maximizing its distribution at neutral pH, thus, the selected release medium mimicked gastrointestinal conditions. As a first approximation, the delivery of Ru(bipy)32+ was evaluated, proving the advantages of the proposed microfluidic system: i) continuous flow of particles and media, ii) rigorous control of the residence time, temperature and pH, iii) enhanced mixing, iv) possibility to simulate different human body conditions and, v) possible integration with the continuous synthesis of nanocarriers. Finally, the microfluidic tool was used to analyze the delivery of the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen.
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- Belén García-Merino
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ETSIIT, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ETSIIT, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ETSIIT, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain.
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Liu Y, Yang G, Hui Y, Ranaweera S, Zhao CX. Microfluidic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2106580. [PMID: 35396770 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted tremendous interest in drug delivery in the past decades. Microfluidics offers a promising strategy for making NPs for drug delivery due to its capability in precisely controlling NP properties. The recent success of mRNA vaccines using microfluidics represents a big milestone for microfluidic NPs for pharmaceutical applications, and its rapid scaling up demonstrates the feasibility of using microfluidics for industrial-scale manufacturing. This article provides a critical review of recent progress in microfluidic NPs for drug delivery. First, the synthesis of organic NPs using microfluidics focusing on typical microfluidic methods and their applications in making popular and clinically relevant NPs, such as liposomes, lipid NPs, and polymer NPs, as well as their synthesis mechanisms are summarized. Then, the microfluidic synthesis of several representative inorganic NPs (e.g., silica, metal, metal oxide, and quantum dots), and hybrid NPs is discussed. Lastly, the applications of microfluidic NPs for various drug delivery applications are presented.
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- Yun Liu
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310024, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Illath K, Kar S, Gupta P, Shinde A, Wankhar S, Tseng FG, Lim KT, Nagai M, Santra TS. Microfluidic nanomaterials: From synthesis to biomedical applications. Biomaterials 2021; 280:121247. [PMID: 34801251 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Microfluidic platforms gain popularity in biomedical research due to their attractive inherent features, especially in nanomaterials synthesis. This review critically evaluates the current state of the controlled synthesis of nanomaterials using microfluidic devices. We describe nanomaterials' screening in microfluidics, which is very relevant for automating the synthesis process for biomedical applications. We discuss the latest microfluidics trends to achieve noble metal, silica, biopolymer, quantum dots, iron oxide, carbon-based, rare-earth-based, and other nanomaterials with a specific size, composition, surface modification, and morphology required for particular biomedical application. Screening nanomaterials has become an essential tool to synthesize desired nanomaterials using more automated processes with high speed and repeatability, which can't be neglected in today's microfluidic technology. Moreover, we emphasize biomedical applications of nanomaterials, including imaging, targeting, therapy, and sensing. Before clinical use, nanomaterials have to be evaluated under physiological conditions, which is possible in the microfluidic system as it stimulates chemical gradients, fluid flows, and the ability to control microenvironment and partitioning multi-organs. In this review, we emphasize the clinical evaluation of nanomaterials using microfluidics which was not covered by any other reviews. In the future, the growth of new materials or modification in existing materials using microfluidics platforms and applications in a diversity of biomedical fields by utilizing all the features of microfluidic technology is expected.
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- Kavitha Illath
- Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
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- Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India
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- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, South Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
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Chen Y, Mai Z, Fan S, Wang Y, Qiu B, Wang Y, Chen J, Xiao Z. Synergistic enhanced catalysis of micro-reactor with nano MnO2/ZIF-8 immobilized in membrane pores by flowing synthesis. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shen J, Shafiq M, Ma M, Chen H. Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Inorganic Nanomaterials Based on Microfluidic Technology. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1177. [PMID: 32560284 PMCID: PMC7353232 DOI: 10.3390/nano10061177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The controlled synthesis and surface engineering of inorganic nanomaterials hold great promise for the design of functional nanoparticles for a variety of applications, such as drug delivery, bioimaging, biosensing, and catalysis. However, owing to the inadequate and unstable mass/heat transfer, conventional bulk synthesis methods often result in the poor uniformity of nanoparticles, in terms of microstructure, morphology, and physicochemical properties. Microfluidic technologies with advantageous features, such as precise fluid control and rapid microscale mixing, have gathered the widespread attention of the research community for the fabrication and engineering of nanomaterials, which effectively overcome the aforementioned shortcomings of conventional bench methods. This review summarizes the latest research progress in the microfluidic fabrication of different types of inorganic nanomaterials, including silica, metal, metal oxides, metal organic frameworks, and quantum dots. In addition, the surface modification strategies of nonporous and porous inorganic nanoparticles based on microfluidic method are also introduced. We also provide the readers with an insight on the red blocks and prospects of microfluidic approaches, for designing the next generation of inorganic nanomaterials.
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- Jie Shen
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China; (J.S.); (H.C.)
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad 45650, Pakistan;
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China; (J.S.); (H.C.)
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China; (J.S.); (H.C.)
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Wang C, Song Y, Pan X. Electrokinetic‐vortex formation near a two‐part cylinder with same‐sign zeta potentials in a straight microchannel. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:793-801. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Chengfa Wang
- Department of Marine EngineeringDalian Maritime University Dalian P. R. China
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- Department of Marine EngineeringDalian Maritime University Dalian P. R. China
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- Maritime CollegeGuangdong Ocean University Zhanjiang P. R. China
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Ryu SC, Lee JH, Moon H. Synthesis of mesoporous silica SBA-15 using a dropwise flow reactor. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-019-0329-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hao N, Nie Y, Zhang JX. Microfluidics for silica biomaterials synthesis: opportunities and challenges. Biomater Sci 2019; 7:2218-2240. [PMID: 30919847 PMCID: PMC6538461 DOI: 10.1039/c9bm00238c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The rational design and controllable synthesis of silica nanomaterials bearing unique physicochemical properties is becoming increasingly important for a variety of biomedical applications from imaging to drug delivery. Microfluidics has recently emerged as a promising platform for nanomaterial synthesis, providing precise control over particle size, shape, porosity, and structure compared to conventional batch synthesis approaches. This review summarizes microfluidics approaches for the synthesis of silica materials as well as the design, fabrication and the emerging roles in the development of new classes of functional biomaterials. We highlight the unprecedented opportunities of using microreactors in biomaterial synthesis, and assess the recent progress of continuous and discrete microreactors and the associated biomedical applications of silica materials. Finally, we discuss the challenges arising from the intrinsic properties of microfluidics reactors for inspiring future research in this field.
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- Nanjing Hao
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States.
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States.
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States.
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Su X, Tao J, Chen S, Xu P, Wang D, Teng Z. Uniform hierarchical silica film with perpendicular macroporous channels and accessible ordered mesopores for biomolecule separation. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Continuous flow synthesis of Micron size silica nanoparticles: parametric study and effect of dosing strategy. J Flow Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s41981-018-0008-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Zhang J, Luo X. Mixing Performance of a 3D Micro T-Mixer with Swirl-Inducing Inlets and Rectangular Constriction. MICROMACHINES 2018; 9:E199. [PMID: 30424132 PMCID: PMC6187579 DOI: 10.3390/mi9050199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this paper, three novel 3D micro T-mixers, namely, a micro T-mixer with swirl-inducing inlets (TMSI), a micro T-mixer with a rectangular constriction (TMRC), and a micro T-mixer with swirl-inducing inlets and a rectangular constriction (TMSC), were proposed on the basis of the original 3D micro T-mixer (OTM). The flow and mixing performance of these micromixers was numerically analyzed using COMSOL Multiphysics package at a range of Reynolds numbers from 10 to 70. Results show that the three proposed 3D micro T-mixers have achieved better mixing performance than OTM. Due to the coupling effect of two swirl-inducing inlets and a rectangular constriction, the maximum mixing index and pressure drop appeared in TMSC among the four micromixers especially; the mixing index of TMSC reaches 91.8% at Re = 70, indicating that TMSC can achieve effective mixing in a short channel length, but has a slightly higher pressure drop than TMSI and TMRC.
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- Jinxin Zhang
- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
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Liu Z, Wu D, Ren S, Chen X, Qiu M, Wu X, Yang C, Zeng G, Sun Y. Solvent-Free Synthesis ofc-Axis Oriented ZSM-5 Crystals with Enhanced Methanol to Gasoline Catalytic Activity. ChemCatChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ziyu Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science; Beijing 100049 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
- Shanghai University; Shanghai 200444 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
- Shanghai University; Shanghai 200444 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
- School of Physical Science and Technology; Shanghai Tech University; Shanghai 201210 P.R. China
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Liu Z, Wu D, Ren S, Chen X, Qiu M, Liu G, Zeng G, Sun Y. Facile one-pot solvent-free synthesis of hierarchical ZSM-5 for methanol to gasoline conversion. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00247a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite with high crystallinity, high surface area, adjustable Si/Al ratio and suitable acidic properties was synthesized by a one-pot solvent-free method.
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- Ziyu Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201210
- China
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