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Chitin Microstructure

Chitin Microstructure is a structural biochemical framework composed of chitin polymers organized in layered, crystalline arrangements that confer mechanical strength and resilience to the external morphology of arthropod cuticles and fungal cell walls.

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Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation

C. K. S. Pillai, Willi Paul, Chandra P. Sharma · Progress in Polymer Science · 2009 · 2.7K citations

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An infrared investigation in relation with chitin and chitosan characterization

J. Brugnerotto, Francisco M. Goycoolea, Waldo Argüelles‐Monal et al. · Polymer · 2001 · 1.5K citations

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Physicochemical characterization of α‐chitin, β‐chitin, and γ‐chitin separated from natural resources

Mi‐Kyeong Jang, Byeong-Gi Kong, Young‐Il Jeong et al. · Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry · 2004 · 646 citations

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Physicochemical characterization of chitin and chitosan from crab shells

Ming-Tsung Yen, Joan-Hwa Yang, Jeng‐Leun Mau · Carbohydrate Polymers · 2008 · 547 citations

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Crab Shell Chitin Whisker Reinforced Natural Rubber Nanocomposites. 1. Processing and Swelling Behavior

Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair, Alain Dufresne · Biomacromolecules · 2003 · 539 citations

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    Murat Kaya

    Aksaray University, Türkiye

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. SI
    Shinsuke Ifuku

    Tottori University, Japan

    23 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. HS
    Hiroyuki Saimoto

    Tottori University, Japan

    19 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. LZ
    Lina Zhang

    Wuhan University, China

    17 publications · 2K citations

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  5. HE
    Hermann Ehrlich

    TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    118 publications

    12.9K citations

  2. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    23 h-index

    126 publications

    12K citations

  3. Aksaray University

    Aksaray, Türkiye

    20 h-index

    89 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    20 h-index

    111 publications

    9.1K citations

  5. Tottori University

    Tottori-shi, Japan

    19 h-index

    115 publications

    10.6K citations

  6. Technische Universität Dresden

    Dresden, Germany

    18 h-index

    46 publications

    4.2K citations

  7. Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales

    Gières, France

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    8.1K citations

  8. Nanjing Forestry University

    Nanjing, China

    15 h-index

    60 publications

    2.1K citations

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  1. Carbohydrate Polymers

    116 publications · 8.6K citations

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  3. Biomacromolecules

    22 publications · 3K citations

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  4. RSC Advances

    11 publications · 325 citations

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  5. Cellulose

    12 publications · 294 citations

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