Wet-spun alginate/chitosan whiskers nanocomposite fibers: Preparation, characterization and release characteristic of the whiskers

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 738-746

  Watthanaphanit, Anyarat ^a   Supaphol, Pitt ^a   Tamura, Hiroshi ^b   Tokura, Seiichi ^b   Rujiravanit, Ratana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Chitosan whiskers; Wet spinning

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; ALGINATE FIBERS; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AVERAGE LENGTH; CHITIN FLAKES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DEACETYLATION; DOSE-DEPENDENT; ELONGATION AT BREAK; HALF LIVES; INDIVIDUAL FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FIBERS; RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS; SHRIMP SHELLS; SODIUM ALGINATES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE EROSION; WET SPINNING; WOUND DRESSING MATERIALS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ALGINATE; ASPECT RATIO; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBERS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SODIUM; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TENSILE STRENGTH;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 71649100295     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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