Water interactions and microstructure of chitosan-methylcellulose composite films as affected by ionic concentration

LWT

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2290-2295

  Vargas, María ^a   Albors, Ana ^a   Chiralt, Amparo ^a   González Martínez, Chelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coating; Film; Microstructure; Polysaccharides; Water sorption; Water vapour permeability

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CHITOSAN; COATINGS; FILMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER FILMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; WATER VAPOR;

FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; SOLVENT CONDITIONS; WATER INTERACTIONS; WATER SORPTION; WATER SORPTION ISOTHERMS; WATER VAPOUR PERMEABILITY;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 80051790735     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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