Simple preparation method of chitin nanofibers with a uniform width of 10-20 nm from prawn shell under neutral conditions

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 762-764

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

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanofibers; Prawn shell; Treatment for fibril formation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CRAB SHELLS; FINER STRUCTURE; GRINDING TREATMENT; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; NEUTRAL PH; PRAWN SHELL; PRAWN SHELLS; PREPARATION METHOD; TREATMENT FOR FIBRIL FORMATION;

CHITIN; NANOFIBERS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 79951510564     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.04.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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