Chitin and chitosan based blends, composites and nanocomposites

Advanced Structured Materials

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-119

  Zuber, Mohammad ^a   Zia, Khalid Mahmood ^a   Barikani, Mehdi ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

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EID: 84874244763     PISSN: 18698433     EISSN: 18698441     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20940-6_3     Document Type: Article

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