Self-assembled liquid crystal film from mechanically defibrillated chitosan nanofibers

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 686-689

  Liu, Dagang ^a,b   Wu, Qinglin ^b   Chang, Peter R ^c   Gao, Guizhi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Liquid crystal; Nanofiber

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; CHITOSAN NANOFIBERS; CHITOSAN PARTICLES; FREE STRUCTURES; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; HIGH STRENGTH; HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH; LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOSCALED; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; TRANSPARENT LIQUIDS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID FILMS; NANOFIBERS; PLASTIC FILMS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 78951487994     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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