Reuse emerging pollutants towards the circular economy
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E-mail addresses: tony1718@163.com (C. Xie), sihuizhan@nankai.edu.cn (S. Zhan).
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Shuai Yue, Zhiyong Zhao, Mengxue Yang, Yixiao Liu, Pengfei Wang, Chenxin Xie, Sihui Zhan. Reuse emerging pollutants towards the circular economy[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
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