Cellulose, chitin and related polysaccharides are key renewable sources of organic molecules and materials. However, poor solubility tends to hamper their exploitation. Synthetic receptors could ...

IT has long been known that cellulose and chitin are broken down by many species of both bacteria and fungi that can be isolated from soil. It is probable that the soil fauna may also be important ...

Cellulose and chitin are the world's first- and second-most common biopolymers, found in plants and crustacean shells (among other places) respectively. Georgia Tech scientists have now devised a ...

However, the question of whether purified chitin or cellulose fibres could be released from the packaging and induce their own allergy response should be addressed.” The spray-coated multilayer ...