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MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 1417-1425Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ma4081417
Keywords
chitin; nanofibers; mushrooms
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23750256, 22550197] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Chitin nanofibers were isolated from the cell walls of five different types of mushrooms by the removal of glucans, minerals, and proteins, followed by a simple grinding treatment under acidic conditions. The Chitin nanofibers thus obtained have a uniform structure and a long fiber length. The width of the nanofibers depended on the type of mushrooms and varied in the range 20 to 28 nm. The Chitin nanofibers were characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR spectra, and X-ray diffraction profiles. The results showed that the alpha-chitin crystal structure was maintained and glucans remained on the nanofiber surface.
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