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Application of Ionic Liquids in Separation and Fractionation Processes

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This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 (FCT Ref. UID/CTM/50011/2013), and project MultiBiorefinery (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. E.V. Capela also acknowledges FCT for his PhD grant (SFRH/BD/126202/2016). M.G. Freire acknowledges the European Research Council (ERC) for the Starting Grant ERC-2013-StG-3377.

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Capela, E.V., Coutinho, J.A.P., Freire, M.G. (2018). Application of Ionic Liquids in Separation and Fractionation Processes. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_1005-1

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