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Microencapsulation: A Brief History and Introduction

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Microencapsulation

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A number of excellent reviews have been published on microencapsulation (I–XI). It is not the purpose of this paper to give a comprehensive review of the field, but rather to acquaint the listener with the historical background and give him a general appreciation of the capabilities and limitation; of the technology.

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Fanger, G.O. (1974). Microencapsulation: A Brief History and Introduction. In: Vandegaer, J.E. (eds) Microencapsulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0739-6_1

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