The fabrication and testing of chitosan-lignin composites

• Main Author: Ong, Ding Yi.
• Other Authors: Wang Kean
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Polymers and polymer manufacture
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39371
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Lignin, one of the most abundant natural polymers, has been employed to fabricate a composite fiber with chitosan, another abundant natural polymer. Lignin is known for its toughness whereas chitosan is known for its versatility in forming composites. Therefore, the investigation of forming fibers f...