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Geoffrey W. Coates,
Yutan D. Y. L. Getzler
(2020).
Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy.
Nature Reviews Materials
, 5
(7)
, 501-516.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-0190-4
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- 10.1038/s41578-020-0190-4