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Title: Porous Chitin Microbeads for More Sustainable Cosmetics

Journal Article · · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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  1. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
  2. Mari Signum, Ltd., 3205 Tower Oaks Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20852, United States
  3. Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
  4. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada; Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States; 525 Solutions, Inc., 720 Second Street, P.O. Box 2206, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403, United States

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Research Organization:
525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0010152
OSTI ID:
1539617
Journal Information:
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 12; ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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