Dawn of a new era in industrial photochemistry: the scale-up of micro- and mesostructured photoreactors

Emine Kayahan, Mathias Jacobs, Leen Braeken, Leen C.J. Thomassen, Simon Kuhn, Tom van Gerven and M. Enis Leblebici
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2484–2504. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.202

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Dawn of a new era in industrial photochemistry: the scale-up of micro- and mesostructured photoreactors
Emine Kayahan, Mathias Jacobs, Leen Braeken, Leen C.J. Thomassen, Simon Kuhn, Tom van Gerven and M. Enis Leblebici
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2484–2504. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.202

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Kayahan, E.; Jacobs, M.; Braeken, L.; Thomassen, L. C.; Kuhn, S.; van Gerven, T.; Leblebici, M. E. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2484–2504. doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.202

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