Chitin Nanofibers as Reinforcing and Antimicrobial Agents in Carboxymethyl Cellulose Films: Influence of Partial Deacetylation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4385-4395

  Li, Mei Chun ^a   Wu, Qinglin ^a   Song, Kunlin ^a   Cheng, H N ^b   Suzuki, Shigehiko ^c   Lei, Tingzhou ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Henan Key Lab of Biomass Energy   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Carboxymethyl cellulose; Chitin nanofibers; Deacetylation; Interfacial interaction; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROORGANISMS; NANOFIBERS; PACKAGING MACHINES; REINFORCEMENT; SHELLFISH; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ACTIVE FOOD PACKAGING; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PERFORMANCE; CARBOXY-METHYL CELLULOSE; DEACETYLATION; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MULTI-STEP PROCEDURES; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILM; CHITIN; DEACETYLATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PACKAGING;

EID: 84979998426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00981     Document Type: Article

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