Chitin-Chitosan Myriad Functionalities in Science and Technology

• Autres auteurs: Sukhadeorao Dongre, Rajendra (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: IntechOpen 2018
• Sujets: Biotechnology; adsorption, drug delivery, biomaterials, environment, nanomaterials, electrospinning
• Accès en ligne: 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...