Sustainable Food Technology Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award
Sumanjot Kaur, Jingyi Chen and Ali Ubeyitogullari
Paper: Formation of nanoporous aerogels from defatted rice bran via supercritical carbon dioxide drying
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