Dissolution and gelation of α-chitin nanofibers using a simple NaOH treatment at low temperatures

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3339-3346

  Chen, Chuchu ^a   Li, Dagang ^a   Yano, Hiroyuki ^b   Abe, Kentaro ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Interdigitation; Low temperatures; NaOH treatment; Chitin nanofiber

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CHITIN; CROSSLINKING; DISSOLUTION; GELATION; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CROSS LINKING AGENTS; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FREEZING TREATMENTS; INTERDIGITATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICRO-POROUS STRUCTURE; NAOH TREATMENT;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84905554583     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0386-0     Document Type: Article

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