Chitosan-Properties and Application

Biodegradable Polymer Blends and Composites from Renewable Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 107-127

  Soares, Nilda de Fátima Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitosan derivatives chitin and carboxymethylchitin (CM chitin); Chitosan surfaces via methylation using methyl iodide (MeI) and FFSA; Chitosan pseudonatural cationic polymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880827088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470391501.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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