Preparation of chitin nanowhiskers using an ionic liquid and their composite materials with poly(vinyl alcohol)

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1408-1412

  Kadokawa, Jun Ichi ^a   Takegawa, Akihiko ^a   Mine, Shozaburo ^a   Prasad, Kamalesh ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chitin; Composite; Ionic liquid; Nanowhiskers; Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

CHITIN FILMS; COMPOSITE; DSC MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; SEM IMAGE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHITIN; COMPOSITE FILMS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DISPERSIONS; FILM PREPARATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHANOL; NANOWHISKERS; TENSILE TESTING;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 79952445136     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.01.049     Document Type: Article

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