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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 98, Issue 2, Pages 1497-1504Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.07.038
Keywords
Chitin nanofiber; Ultrasonic; Transparent; Film; Foam
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31270590, 21207073]
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alpha-Chitin nanofibers were fabricated with dried shrimp shells via a simple high-intensity ultrasonic treatment under neutral conditions (60 KHz, 300W, pH = 7). The diameter of the obtained chitin nanofibers could be controlled within 20-200nm by simply adjusting the ultrasonication time. The pulsed ultrasound disassembled natural chitin into high-aspect-ratio nanofibers with a uniform width (19.4 nm after 30 min sonication). The EDS, FTIR, and XRD characterisation results verified that alpha-chitin crystalline structure and molecular structure were maintained after the chemical purification and ultrasonic treatments. Interestingly, ultrasonication can slightly increase the degree of crystallinity of chitin (from 60.1 to 65.8). Furthermore, highly transparent chitin films (the transmittance was 90.2% at a 600 nm) and flexible ultralight chitin foams were prepared from chitin nanofiber hydrogels. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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