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Utilization of waste shellac resin to synthesize thermally stable crosslinked shellac nanoparticles via wet grinding technique for high-barrier packaging

Arihant Ahuja, Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh, Rahul Ranjan, Vibhore Kumar Rastogi

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