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Ultrafast molecular dynamics of biofuel extraction for microalgae and bacteria milking: blocking membrane folding pathways to damaged lipid-bilayer conformations with nanomicelles

Pages 690-705 | Received 22 Jan 2014, Accepted 19 Mar 2014, Published online: 15 Apr 2014

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