This completely revised 3rd edition gives corporate executives and R&D managers an in-depth information source on this technology, and helps them pinpoint opportunities for commercialization. Chitin, a biopolymer that can be easily extracted from shellfish wastes, promises to open up new opportunities in industries as diverse as healthcare, cosmetics, textiles and water treatment. This in-depth report includes profiles of more than 50 leading government, university, and company laboratories that are active in developing applications for chitin, chitosan, and their derivatives-what they are working on, what they have accomplished, and opportunities for technology transfer.
- ISBN10 0471329282
- ISBN13 9780471329282
- Publish Date 21 December 1998
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 27 November 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition 3rd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 120
- Language English