Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation

By C. Pillai, W. Paul, C. P. Sharma. 2009

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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In Biomaterials

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2. C. Jérôme
3. Florence Croisier
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5. Jianlong Wang
6. S. Zhuang
7. Seung-Mok Lee
8. D. K. Reddy

Citations in the corpus

• Modification of Chitosan for the Generation of Functional Derivatives (2019, background): “The unique chemical structures of chitin and CS led some authors to call them aminopolysaccharides [3].”
• A Review of the Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Agriculture to Modify Plant-Microbial Interactions and Improve Crop Yields (2013, background): “Biopolymer Packaging Stored fresh produce Predominantly Polyethylene films Formation of antiseptic film [7,227,230]”
• Removal of various pollutants from water and wastewater by modified chitosan adsorbents (2017, background): “Difference between chitin and chitosan in chemical structure (Pillai et al., 2009).”
• Turning polysaccharides into hydrophobic materials: a critical review. Part 2. Hemicelluloses, chitin/chitosan, starch, pectin and alginates (2010, background): “in renewable resources and more specifically in biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, and (ii) a thorough strategy of specific studies aimed at valorizing it, that has produced many interesting applications in different fields, mostly in the form of films or fibers (Pillai et al. 2009), includin”
• Physico-Mechanical and Thermodynamic Properties of Mycelium-Based Biocomposites: A Review (2019, background): “is, 100% acetylation is not expected in fibrils regarded as chitin [58,59].”
• Chitin and Chitosan Preparation from Marine Sources. Structure, Properties and Applications (2015, background): “A review on chitin and chitosan including the question of their solubility was recently published in relation to fiber processing [93].”
• Microbial Cellulases: An Overview and Applications (2019, background): “There is evidence which has been found to prove this matter about the presence of cellulose in [28].”