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Microwave‐Assisted Organic Syntheses in Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Win‐Win Association for Sustainable Chemistry

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Rapid microwave-assisted deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for highly efficient saccharification and biohydrogen production from corn straw

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From Biomass to Biofabrication: Advances in Substrate Treatment Technologies for Fungal Mycelium Composites

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A synergistic microwave-assisted hydrated deep eutectic solvent (DES) pretreatment for efficient fractionation of wheat straw

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Deep eutectic solvents as an emerging platform for microbial carotenoids extraction: State of the art, prospects, and challenges

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Extraction of Macranthoidin B and Dipsacoside B from Lonicera macranthoides Utilizing Ultrasound-Assisted Deep Eutectic Solvent: Optimization of Conditions and Extraction Mechanism

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From agricultural waste to active films: Enhanced crystallinity of spent mushroom substrate-derived cellulose via deep eutectic solvent-based microwave-assisted pretreatment and its application in reinforcing CMC-based composite films

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