Issue 6, 2010
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Green Chemistry

Dissolution or extraction of crustacean shells using ionic liquids to obtain high molecular weight purified chitin and direct production of chitin films and fibers†

Ying Qin,‡a   Xingmei Lu,§a   Ning Suna  and  Robin D. Rogers*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
E-mail: rdrogers@as.ua.edu

Abstract

1-Ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate can completely dissolve raw crustacean shells, leading to recovery of a high purity, high molecular weight chitin powder and to fibers and films which can be spun directly from the extract solution.

Graphical abstract: Dissolution or extraction of crustacean shells using ionic liquids to obtain high molecular weight purified chitin and direct production of chitin films and fibers

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C003583A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Feb 2010
Accepted
12 Apr 2010
First published
22 Apr 2010

Green Chem., 2010,12, 968-971

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Dissolution or extraction of crustacean shells using ionic liquids to obtain high molecular weight purified chitin and direct production of chitin films and fibers

Y. Qin, X. Lu, N. Sun and R. D. Rogers, Green Chem., 2010, 12, 968 DOI: 10.1039/C003583A

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