Nanostructured biocomposite films of high toughness based on native chitin nanofibers and chitosan

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Mushi, Ngesa E ^a   Utsel, Simon ^a   Berglund, Lars A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chitin nanofibers; Chitosan; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Nanostructured

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987667407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00099     Document Type: Article

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