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PDMS Channel for Testing Water Permeability of Chitin Membranes
Chitin Nanofiber Membrane under Tensile Stress
Chitin shows very high elastic modulus in comparison with other natural polymers. The elastic modulus is about 2.5 GPa comparable with soft metals such as aluminum.
Microstructured Chitin Films
Rainbow color on the transparent chitin film indicative of fabricated micropatterns with the pitch of around 12 micron.
Look what we found in Bornstein Seafoods...Yet another source of Chitin!
Beak of Octopus is one of the hardest wholly organic materials in the world. It is composed of chitin nanofibers, protein and water. The hardening mechanism relies on the cross-link...
Chitin Nanofibers Self-Assembly Process
Check out this video to see how we fabricate chitin thin films:http://youtu.be/pGM5GC2tQHg
The Bornstein Seafoods Daily Waste
The Bornstein Seafoods, Astoria, Oregon, makes around 3 trucks of these shrimp shells from its shrimp processing line alone every day. These shells are made up of inorganic and orga...
Sources of Chitin
\\This is the crab shell we use to extract chitin from.