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  • Sustainable Water Purification Technologies for the Water-Energy Nexus: Chemical Interface Engineering and Structural Approaches

  • Myeonghwan Shin*, Seohyeon Lee*, Yoona Kim*, Chiyoung Park*†

  • * Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology

  • 물-에너지 넥서스 구현을 위한 지속가능한 수처리 기술: 계면화학적 제어와 구조적 접근

  • 신명환* · 이서현* · 김윤아* · 박치영*†

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Correspondence to

  • Chiyoung Park

  • Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology

  • E-mail: parkcy@dgist.ac.kr