Fabrication and characterisation of α-chitin nanofibers and highly transparent chitin films by pulsed ultrasonication

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1497-1504

  Lu, Yun ^a   Sun, Qingfeng ^a   She, Xilin ^b   Xia, Yanzhi ^b   Liu, Yixing ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Yang, Dongjiang ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitin nanofiber; Film; Foam; Transparent; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PURIFICATION; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASONIC; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; PULSED ULTRASOUNDS; TRANSPARENT; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS;

ASPECT RATIO; FILMS; FOAMS; NANOFIBERS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS;

CHITIN;

CHITIN; NANOFIBER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHITIN NANOFIBER; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; FOAM; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PENAEIDAE; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPARENT; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASTE;

CHITIN NANOFIBER; FILM; FOAM; TRANSPARENT; ULTRASONIC;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOFIBERS; PENAEIDAE; SONICATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84884696757     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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