Issue 3, 2013
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Green Chemistry

Electrospinning of chitin nanofibers directly from an ionic liquid extract of shrimp shells†

Patrick S. Barber,‡a   Chris S. Griggs,‡ab   Jonathan R. Bonnerc  and  Robin D. Rogers*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
E-mail: rdrogers@as.ua.edu
Fax: +1-205-348-0823
Tel: +1-205-348-4323

b U.S. Army ERDC Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA

c CFM Group, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA

Abstract

High molecular weight chitin fibers were electrospun in a one-pot process directly from a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate solution of chitin extracted from dried shrimp shell. Such a technology obviates the need not only for the many chemicals and the energy used in industrial isolation of chitin from crustacean shells but also saves the chemicals, energy, and time needed to prepare chitin spinning dopes.

Graphical abstract: Electrospinning of chitin nanofibers directly from an ionic liquid extract of shrimp shells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2GC36582K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2012
Accepted
20 Dec 2012
First published
20 Dec 2012

Green Chem., 2013,15, 601-607

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Electrospinning of chitin nanofibers directly from an ionic liquid extract of shrimp shells

P. S. Barber, C. S. Griggs, J. R. Bonner and R. D. Rogers, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 601 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36582K

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