“…The peaks at 1466, 1103, 956 and 841 cm −1 are assigned to -CH 2 -scissoring, -C-O-C-stretching, -CH 2 twisting and -CH 2 -wagging modes, respectively. Also, PEO exhibits -C-H stretching (between 2800 and 2935 cm −1 ) asymmetric stretching (1950-1970 cm −1 ), asymmetric bending (1450 cm −1 ), CH 2 scissoring (1465-1485 cm −1 ), C-O-O stretching (1250-950 cm −1 ), -CH 2 -twisting (991 cm −1 ) and -CH 2 -wagging (842 cm −1 ) [31][32][33]. The spectra of ␣-chitin (Fig.…”