Unrefined wood hydrolysates are viable reactants for the reproducible synthesis of highly swellable hydrogels.

@article{Maleki2014UnrefinedWH,
  title={Unrefined wood hydrolysates are viable reactants for the reproducible synthesis of highly swellable hydrogels.},
  author={Laleh Maleki and Ulrica Edlund and Ann-Christine Albertsson},
  journal={Carbohydrate polymers},
  year={2014},
  volume={108},
  pages={
          281-90
        }
}
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