Individual chitin nano-whiskers prepared from partially deacetylated α-chitin by fibril surface cationization

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1046-1051

  Fan, Yimin ^a   Saito, Tsuguyuki ^a   Isogai, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitin fibril; Individualization; Nano whisker; Partial deacetylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO GROUP; AVERAGE WIDTH; CATIONIC CHARGES; CATIONIZATION; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX; CRYSTALLITE SURFACES; DEACETYLATION; HIGH DENSITY; N-ACETYLATION; NANO-FIBRILS; NAOH TREATMENT; RECOVERY RATIO; TEM; TEM IMAGES; VISCOUS LIQUIDS;

ACETYLATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; NANOWHISKERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHITIN;

EID: 73649147327     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.10.044     Document Type: Article

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