Fibrillation of dried chitin into 10-20 nm nanofibers by a simple grinding method under acidic conditions

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-139

  Ifuku, Shinsuke ^a   Nogi, Masaya ^b   Yoshioka, Masafumi ^a   Morimoto, Minoru ^a   Yano, Hiroyuki ^b   Saimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic condition; Chitin; Crab shell; Fibrillation; Nanofiber

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITION; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ACRYLIC RESINS; AMINO GROUP; CATIONIZATION; CHITIN FIBERS; CRAB SHELL; CRAB SHELLS; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; DRYING PROCESS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT NANOCOMPOSITES; SEM;

ASPECT RATIO; CURING; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOFIBERS; RESINS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHITIN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77950854131     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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