Biotechnological Advances in Chitin and Chitosan-Based Biocomposites: Challenges and Opportunities
摘要
The chapter provides a short version of all chapters and outlines the different chapter topics such as chitin-based rubber bionanocomposites, chitin and chitosan nanowhisker-reinforced rubber composites, chitin and chitosan biowhisker-reinforced polymer blends, chitin in rubber-based microcomposites and blends, chitin/chitosan extraction from shrimp shells by a biotechnological process, preparation of chitin and chitosan whiskers, chitin and chitosan whisker-reinforced thermoplastic biocomposites, and chitin and chitosan derivatives and their nanocomposites for therapeutic applications, chitin and chitosan in energy-based applications, therapeutic applications of sustainable chitin and chitosan derivatives and their nanocomposites, and chitin in rubber-based blends and microcomposites.