Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Chitosan/SiO₂ Hybrid Composites

Table 2

UV-vis absorbance for the CS–Si hybrids.

CS–Si films	400 nm	600 nm	800 nm
Pure	0.067	0.049	0.049
5%	0.338	0.264	0.246
20%	0.358	0.284	0.266