Crab Shell Chitin Whiskers Reinforced Natural Rubber Nanocomposites. 3. Effect of Chemical Modification of Chitin Whiskers

Gopalan Nair, Kalaprasad; Dufresne, Alain; Gandini, Alessandro; Naceur Belgacem, Mohamed

doi:10.1021/bm030058g

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Crab Shell Chitin Whiskers Reinforced Natural Rubber Nanocomposites. 3. Effect of Chemical Modification of Chitin Whiskers

Published in Biomacromolecules • Oct 7, 2003

Authors:

Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair

Alain Dufresne

Alessandro Gandini

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to chemically modify the surface of chitin whiskers and to investigate the effect of the incorporation of these modified whiskers into a natural rubber (NR) matrix on the properties of the ensuing nanocomposite. Different chemical coupling agents were tested, namely, ph...

Subject

Whiskers

Chitin

Nanocomposite

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