Mechanical properties of self-assembled chitin nanofiber networks

Mechanical properties of self-assembled chitin nanofiber networks

Chitin nanofibers are structural components of the insect cuticle, the exoskeleton of crabs, and mollusk shells. Chitin nanofibers have found broad use in biomedical applications. Here, we study structure-properties-processing relationships of 3 nm chitin nanofiber networks self-assembled from a chi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine Materials for biology and medicine, 2014-05, Vol.2 (17), p.2461-2466
Hauptverfasser: Hassanzadeh, Pegah, Sun, Wei, de Silva, Johann P, Jin, Jungho, Makhnejia, Kamil, Cross, Graham L W, Rolandi, Marco
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biology
Biomedical materials
Chitin
Insects
Mollusks
Nanostructure
Networks
Shells
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Zusammenfassung:Chitin nanofibers are structural components of the insect cuticle, the exoskeleton of crabs, and mollusk shells. Chitin nanofibers have found broad use in biomedical applications. Here, we study structure-properties-processing relationships of 3 nm chitin nanofiber networks self-assembled from a chitin hexafluoroisopropanol solution.
ISSN:2050-750X
2050-7518
DOI:10.1039/c3tb21550d