UP to the present time, no X-ray investigations have been carried out on the molecular structure ... the fibre diagrams being identical with those obtained from chitin of animal origin (wing ...

A team of scientists from the Singapore University of Technology and Design discovered that, using simple chemistry, the organic polymer chitin—contained in the exoskeletons of insects and ...

Scientists are taking chitin, tweaking its chemical structure to make it extremely strong, and using 3D-printing to make enhanced protective equipment. The research from the University of ...