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Title: Challenges of and Insights into Acid-Catalyzed Transformations of Sugars

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;  [1];  [2];  [1]; ; ; ;  [3];  [4];
  1. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
  4. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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1149734
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Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
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Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Volume: 118 Journal Issue: 40; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
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American Chemical Society
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United States
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English

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Caratzoulas, Stavros, Davis, Mark E., Gorte, Raymond J., Gounder, Rajamani, Lobo, Raul F., Nikolakis, Vladimiros, Sandler, Stanley I., Snyder, Mark A., Tsapatsis, Michael, and Vlachos, Dionisios G. Challenges of and Insights into Acid-Catalyzed Transformations of Sugars. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1021/jp504358d.
Caratzoulas, Stavros, Davis, Mark E., Gorte, Raymond J., Gounder, Rajamani, Lobo, Raul F., Nikolakis, Vladimiros, Sandler, Stanley I., Snyder, Mark A., Tsapatsis, Michael, & Vlachos, Dionisios G. Challenges of and Insights into Acid-Catalyzed Transformations of Sugars. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp504358d
Caratzoulas, Stavros, Davis, Mark E., Gorte, Raymond J., Gounder, Rajamani, Lobo, Raul F., Nikolakis, Vladimiros, Sandler, Stanley I., Snyder, Mark A., Tsapatsis, Michael, and Vlachos, Dionisios G. Mon . "Challenges of and Insights into Acid-Catalyzed Transformations of Sugars". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp504358d.
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