Application of the Electrospun Nanofibers in Wastewater Treatment (original) (raw)
Jaroslav Lev , Marek HOLBA , Libor KALHOTKA , Monika SZOSTKOVÁ , Dušan KIMMER d a ASIO spol. s r.o.,Tuřanka 1, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic, EU, lev@asio.cz, b Institute of Botany, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Lidická 25/27, 657 20 Brno, Czech Republic EU, holba@asio.cz b c Faculty of Agronomy of Mendelu in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic, EU, libor.kalhotka@mendelu.cz, szostkov@mendelu.cz
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