Chitin-Chitosan Myriad Functionalities in Science and Technology

• Otros Autores: Sukhadeorao Dongre, Rajendra (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: IntechOpen 2018
• Materias: Biotechnology; adsorption, drug delivery, biomaterials, environment, nanomaterials, electrospinning
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose and is a resourceful copious and cheap biomaterial discovered in 1859 owing to significant industrial and technological utility. Raw chitin-chitosan resembles keratin in its biological functions. Chitin chemistry vastly developed via inna...