Degradation of chitosan by an electrochemical process

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 783-785

  Cai, Quanyuan ^a   Gu, Zhiming ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Han, Weiqing ^a   Fu, Tingming ^b   Song, Hongchang ^a   Li, Fengsheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Degradation; Electrolysis; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; VISCOMETRY;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 71649099265     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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