Value Added Biomaterials via Laccase-Mediated Surface Functionalization
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Mark D Cannatelli 1 and Arthur J Ragauskas 2* 1School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA 2Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA *Corresponding author: Arthur J Ragauskas, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA, E-mail: [email protected]
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