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Mechanical pretreatments of lignocellulosic biomass: towards facile and environmentally sound technologies for biofuels production

Abdellatif Barakat, Claire Mayer‐Laigle, Abderrahim Solhy, Rick Arneil D. Arancon, Hugo de Vries, Rafael Luque

RSC Advances · 2014 · 266 citations · 69 references

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The transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels represents an interesting and sustainable alternative to fossil fuel for the near future.

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