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    "School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA",
    "Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan",
    "Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan",
    "Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan",
    "Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan",
    "Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. zhlin@ntu.edu.tw",
    "Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. zhlin@ntu.edu.tw",
    "School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. zt7@gatech.edu"
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  "title": "A polymer-coated nanowire sponge–based contact electrocatalytic system for simultaneous disinfection and removal of multiple micropollutants",
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