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From Molecular Interactions to Material Function: Unraveling Water’s Effect on Chitin Nanocrystals

2025-11-10

From Molecular Interactions to Material Function: Unraveling Water’s Effect on Chitin Nanocrystals

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the use of three-dimensional atomic force microscopy (AFM) and molecular dynamics simulations to determine the structure of water in the hydration of different types of chitin nanocrystals, and how this affects their mechanical properties, reactivities, and...