Engineering strategies for chitin nanofibers

Abstract

Chitin nanofibers are the fundamental building blocks of numerous structural natural materials. From top-down to bottom-up, here we review engineering strategies to produce chitin nanofibers for engineered materials and their applications.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1039/c6tb03324e

Entities

People

  • Marco Rolandi
  • Xiaolin Zhang

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Army
  • University of California

Tags

Readers

  • Immunology and Pathology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Bioremediation