Chitin Nanofibers as Building Blocks for Advanced Materials

Polysaccharide Building Blocks: A Sustainable Approach to the Development of Renewable Biomaterials

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 227-245

  Habibi, Youssef ^a   Lucia, Lucian A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical modifications, for advanced material; Chitin nanofibers, as building blocks in materials; Chitosan, by products of chitin in applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886573983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118229484.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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