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Green bionanocomposites from high-elasticity “soft” polyurethane and high-crystallinity “rigid” chitin nanocrystals with controlled surface acetylation

Ning Lin, Siwen Wei, Fei Hu, Jin Huang, Alain Dufresne

RSC Advances · 2014 · 31 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Novel elastomeric nanocomposites from “rigid” partially-acetylated chitin nanocrystals and “soft” high-elasticity polyurethane.

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