Hassan Charii, Abdelghani Boussetta, Kamal Benali, Kamal Essifi, Mehdi Mennani, Anass Ait Benhamou, Henri El Zakhem, Houssine Sehaqui, Mounir El Achaby, Nabil Grimi, Khalid Boutoial, El-Houssaine Ablouh, Amine Moubarik
In this work, chitin (CT) was isolated from shrimp shell waste (SSW) and was then phosphorylated using diammonium hydrogen phosphate (DAP) as a phosphorylating agent in the presence of urea system. The prepared samples were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and EDX-element mapping, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA/DTG), conductometric titration, Degree of Substitution (DS) and contact angle measurements. The results of characterization techniques reveal the successful extraction and phosphorylation of chitin...
April 26, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules