A Mini-Review: Fabrication of Polysaccharide Composite Materials Based on Self-Assembled Chitin Nanofibers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Preparation of Self-Assembled ChNFs from Ion Gels and Their Further Scaling Down into Thinner Fibrils
3. Composition of Self-Assembled ChNFs and SD-ChNFs with Other Chitin Components
4. Composition of Self-Assembled ChNFs and SD-ChNFs with Other Polysaccharide Components
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kadokawa, J.-i. A Mini-Review: Fabrication of Polysaccharide Composite Materials Based on Self-Assembled Chitin Nanofibers. Materials 2024, 17, 1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081898
Kadokawa J-i. A Mini-Review: Fabrication of Polysaccharide Composite Materials Based on Self-Assembled Chitin Nanofibers. Materials. 2024; 17(8):1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081898
Chicago/Turabian StyleKadokawa, Jun-ichi. 2024. "A Mini-Review: Fabrication of Polysaccharide Composite Materials Based on Self-Assembled Chitin Nanofibers" Materials 17, no. 8: 1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081898