Waste Medical Cotton Reinforced Chitosan Biocomposite Film Using Tannic Acid as the Crosslinking Agent

Sustainable biocomposites were prepared from the reinforcement of waste medical grade cotton (MGC) in a chitosan matrix. This work presents an investigation of the influence of tannic acid on the chitosan-MGC biocomposite. A series of samples comprising pure chitosan film, MGC and chitosan-MGC bioco...

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Main Authors: Ravindra D. Kale, Vikrant G. Gorade, Omkar Parmaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Natural Fibers
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2018.1558156