Preparation and properties of alginate/carboxymethyl chitosan blend fibers

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-452

  Fan, Lihong ^a,b   Du, Yumin ^b   Zhang, Baozhong ^b   Yang, Jianhong ^b   Zhou, Jinping ^b   Kennedy, John F ^c,d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Chembiotech Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Blend fibers; Carboxymethyl chitosan; Miscibility; Properties

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MIXTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGINATE; BLEND FIBERS; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; PROPERTIES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33747117271     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.01.031     Document Type: Article

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