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Kohri, M., Fukushima, H., Taniguchi, T. et al. Synthesis of polyarbutin by oxidative polymerization using PEGylated hematin as a biomimetic catalyst. Polym J 42, 952–955 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/pj.2010.97
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