Characterization of chitin and chitosan molecular structure in aqueous solution

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2141-2149

  Franca, Eduardo F ^a,b   Lins, Roberto D ^a   Freitas, Luiz C G ^b   Straatsma, T P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 58149218388     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct8002964     Document Type: Article

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