Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications

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A Review: Electrospinning of Biopolymer Nanofibers and their Applications (2008, background): “Typically, commercial chitosan is approximately 85% deacetylated, which leads to a –NH2 functionality on the C-2 of the D-glucosamine repeat unit.(3,4) As a result of this process, chitosan is soluble in aq acidic solvents that chitin is not soluble in, such as AA, formic acid (FA), malic acid (MA),”
Chitin and Chitosan: Production and Application of Versatile Biomedical Nanomaterials (2016, background): “For greater reinforcement and strength protection properties, chitin is also produced by a number of other living organisms in the lower plant and animal kingdoms (3, 35).”
Larvae Mediated Valorization of Industrial, Agriculture and Food Wastes: Biorefinery Concept through Bioconversion, Processes, Procedures, and Products (2020, background): “Chitin is a structural component (ordered crystalline microfibrils) in the exoskeleton of arthropods or the cell walls of fungi and yeast [105].”
Biodegradable, electro-active chitin nanofiber films for flexible piezoelectric transducers (2018, background): “5°).(31) It is noted that the c-axis of the chitin is parallel to the substrate as shown in the inset schematic image of Figure 1.”