Nanocomposites of Chitin Whiskers from Riftia Tubes and Poly(caprolactone)

By A. Morin, A. Dufresne. 2002

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Cellulosic Bionanocomposites: A Review of Preparation, Properties and Applications (2010, background): “Tm values are reported to be nearly independent of the filler content in PCL/chitin whiskers nanocomposites [143] as well as in POE filled with tunicin whiskers [140].”
Manufacturing process of cellulose whiskers/polylactic acid nanocomposites (2006, methodology): “They prepared nanocomposites by solution casting of various biodegradable matrices and nanoreinforcements in aqueous medium [11,12,16].”
Preparation of Bionanomaterials and their Polymer Nanocomposites from Waste and Biomass (2010, background): “Chitin can easily be isolated from crab shell, where it is found to be highly thixotropic and liquid crystalline [26, 27] Dufresne and coworkers have successfully isolated the crystalline regions of chitin whiskers from the crab shells and squid pens by hydrochloric acid hydrolysis [28, 29].”