A new route of production of the meso-porous chitosan with well-organized honeycomb surface microstructure from shrimp waste without destroying the original structure of native shells: Extraction, modification and characterization study

• Published in: Results in engineering Vol. 19; p. 101362
• Main Authors: Rahman, Md Mahmudur, Maniruzzaman, Mohd
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Bio-composite; Chitin; Chitosan; Microstructure; Shrimp shell waste; Shrimp shell waste; Chitin; Bio-composite; Chitosan; Microstructure

The highly active bio-polysaccharide based compound namely chitin and chitosan have been extracted from shrimp shell which usually expelled out extensively from food processing industries and considered as waste materials. However, by conducting demineralization, de-proteinization and deacetylation...