Chitin fulfilling a biomaterials promise
The second edition of Chitin underscores the important factors for standardizing chitin processing and characterization. It captures the essential interplay between chitin's assets and limitations as a biomaterial, placing the past promises of chitin in perspective, addressing its present reali...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waltham, MA
Elsevier
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Collection: | Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The second edition of Chitin underscores the important factors for standardizing chitin processing and characterization. It captures the essential interplay between chitin's assets and limitations as a biomaterial, placing the past promises of chitin in perspective, addressing its present realities and offering insight into what is required to realize chitin's destiny (including its derivative, chitosan) as a biomaterial of the twenty-first century. This book is an ideal guide for both industrialists and researchers with a vested interest in commercializing chitin |
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| Physical Description: | online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781306874663 1306874661 0080999395 0080999409 9780080999395 9780080999401 |