A preliminary study of the incorparation of NPK fertilizer into chitosan nanoparticles

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 509-515

  Corradini, E ^a,c   de Moura, M R ^b,c   Mattoso, L H C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Nanomaterials; NPK fertilizers; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954627340     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.64     Document Type: Article

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