Green fabrication of PVA based biofilms incorporated with shrimp shell derived chitosan, plasticized with PEG or Gly and reinforced by biosynthesized ZnO nanoparticles

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Green fabrication of PVA based biofilms incorporated with shrimp shell derived chitosan, plasticized with PEG or Gly and reinforced by biosynthesized ZnO nanoparticles

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