Chitin/graphene oxide composite films with enhanced mechanical properties prepared in NaOH/urea aqueous solution

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1781-1791

  Guo, Yi ^a   Duan, Bo ^b   Zhou, Jinping ^b   Zhu, Ping ^a  

^a WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitin; Composite films; Graphene oxide (GO); Mechanical properties; NaOH urea aqueous solution

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHITIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOLUTIONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FREEZING/THAWING; GRAPHENE OXIDES; NAOH/UREA AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; OXIDE COMPOSITES; SINGLE LAYER; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS; STRONG INTERACTION; ULTRA-SONICATION;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84901240596     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0164-z     Document Type: Article

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