Preparation of Chitin Hydrogel Under Mild Conditions

By H. Tamura, H. Nagahama, S. Tokura. 2006

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Molecular Biology

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In Biomaterials

1. C. Pillai
2. M. Bercea
3. S. Morariu
4. Mirela Teodorescu
5. C. P. Sharma
6. R. Sharp
7. W. Paul
8. C. Jérôme

In Molecular Biology

1. R. Sharp

Citations in the corpus

• Biomaterials of Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Natural Polymers (2018, background): “There are only few solvents such as NaOH/urea aqueous solution, CaCl2/CH3OH, or LiCl/N,N-dimethylacetamide mixture that helped at dissolving Ch and obtaining films, fibers, hydrogels, and aerogels.(83,84,86,87) However, the obtained Ch gels at”
• A Review of the Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Agriculture to Modify Plant-Microbial Interactions and Improve Crop Yields (2013, background): “Chitosan can also form gels that absorb substantial volumes of water due to its high molecular weight, and porous structure [191].”
• Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation (2009, background): “The higher degree of N-acetylation of the chitin was also indicated by its higher solubility in calcium solvent [200–203].”