Core-Shell Particles: How do they Work?

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The Column

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Volume 9
Issue 7

Fabrice Gritti of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) discusses results from his and Georges Guiochon's research on the kinetic mechanisms of chromatography columns packed with core-shell particles.

Fabrice Gritti of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) discussesresults from his and Georges Guiochon’s research on the kinetic mechanisms of chromatography columns packedwith core–shell particles.

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