Structural rearrangement of chitin molecular sheets in water mechanism of structural formation of regenerated chitin proposed by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Fiber Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 299-303

  Miyamoto, Hitomi ^a   Yamane, Chihiro ^a   Hirase, Ryuji ^b   Ueda, Kazuyoshi ^c  

^a KOBE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BONDS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SHEETS; N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE; REGENERATED CHITIN; STRUCTURAL FORMATION; STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 79551621216     PISSN: 00379875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2115/fiber.66.299     Document Type: Article

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