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Spent Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) Tea Biomass as an Adsorbent for Organic Dye Removal

Ivo SafarikDepartment of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Nanobiology and Structural Biology of Global Change Research Centre, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic;Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zdenka MaderovaDepartment of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Nanobiology and Structural Biology of Global Change Research Centre, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Katerina HorskaDepartment of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Nanobiology and Structural Biology of Global Change Research Centre, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Eva BaldikovaDepartment of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Nanobiology and Structural Biology of Global Change Research Centre, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Kristyna PospiskovaRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Mirka SafarikovaDepartment of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Nanobiology and Structural Biology of Global Change Research Centre, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Pages 183-187 | Published online: 07 Aug 2015

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