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Main Author: Yu, Ting
Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55579
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English