Green composites and blends from leather industry waste

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L. Sartore, F. Bignotti, S. Pandini, A. D'Amore, L. Di Landro

Green Composites and Blends from Leather Industry Waste

Polymer Composites, Vol. 37, N. 12, 2016, p. 3416-3422 doi:10.1002/pc.23541

The final publication is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.23541 Access to the published version may require subscription.

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Green Composites and Blends from Leather Industry Waste, which has been published in final form at

https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.23541. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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