The influence of prefibrillation via planetary ball milling on the ...
A planetary ball milling was applied as a pretreatment of chitin powder to prepare precursors for chitin nanofiber (ChNF) production. The study aims to examine the effects of ball milling conditions (dry milling, and wet milling in neutral and acidic aqueous medium) on the degree of prefibrillation of the ChNF precursors and the characteristics of the resulting nanofibers. The results showed ...