A platform for more sustainable chitin films from an ionic liquid process

King, Catherine; Shamshina, Julia L.; Gurau, Gabriela; Berton, Paula; Khan, Nur Farahnadiah Abdul Faruk; Rogers, Robin D.

doi:10.1039/C6GC02201D

Title: A platform for more sustainable chitin films from an ionic liquid process

Abstract

Biocompatible porous and non-porous chitin films were prepared using ionic liquids and their potential for drug delivery demonstrated using caffeine as a model drug.

Authors:

King, Catherine ^[1]; Shamshina, Julia L. ^[2]; Gurau, Gabriela ^[2];

^[3]; Khan, Nur Farahnadiah Abdul Faruk ^[4]; Rogers, Robin D. ^[1]

Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry
525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry
McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry
525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program

OSTI Identifier:: 1593142

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1593143

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010152

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Green Chemistry

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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                    King, Catherine, Shamshina, Julia L., Gurau, Gabriela, Berton, Paula, Khan, Nur Farahnadiah Abdul Faruk, and Rogers, Robin D. A platform for more sustainable chitin films from an ionic liquid process.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    King, Catherine, Shamshina, Julia L., Gurau, Gabriela, Berton, Paula, Khan, Nur Farahnadiah Abdul Faruk, & Rogers, Robin D. A platform for more sustainable chitin films from an ionic liquid process.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC02201D

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                    King, Catherine, Shamshina, Julia L., Gurau, Gabriela, Berton, Paula, Khan, Nur Farahnadiah Abdul Faruk, and Rogers, Robin D. Mon .  
"A platform for more sustainable chitin films from an ionic liquid process".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC02201D.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593142.

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@article{osti_1593142,

  title        = {A platform for more sustainable chitin films from an ionic liquid process},

  author       = {King, Catherine and Shamshina, Julia L. and Gurau, Gabriela and Berton, Paula and Khan, Nur Farahnadiah Abdul Faruk and Rogers, Robin D.},

  abstractNote = {Biocompatible porous and non-porous chitin films were prepared using ionic liquids and their potential for drug delivery demonstrated using caffeine as a model drug.},

  doi          = {10.1039/C6GC02201D},

  journal      = {Green Chemistry},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 19,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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