Chiral nematic self-assembly of minimally surface damaged chitin nanofibrils and its load bearing functions

Dongyeop X. Oh, Yun Jeong Cha, Hoang-Linh Nguyen +4

Chitin is one of the most abundant biomaterials in nature, with 10^10 tons produced annually as hierarchically organized nanofibril fillers to reinforce the exoskeletons of arthrop…