Effect of the degree of acetylation on the physicochemical properties of α-chitin nanofibers.
Chitin
Deacetylation
Nanofiber
Wet pulverization
Journal
International journal of biological macromolecules
ISSN: 1879-0003
Titre abrégé: Int J Biol Macromol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7909578
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Jul 2020
15 Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
15
01
2020
revised:
19
03
2020
accepted:
22
03
2020
pubmed:
2
4
2020
medline:
9
3
2021
entrez:
2
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The effective utilization of abundant α-chitin resources for materials engineering applications requires methods for controlling the physicochemical properties of α-chitin nanofiber (NF) dispersions. Herein, the relationship between the degree of acetylation (DA) of α-chitin and the physicochemical properties of α-chitin nanofibers (α-ChNFs) was investigated. α-Chitin with different DAs was prepared by varying the deacetylation treatment time. These α-chitin samples were disintegrated into NFs using wet pulverization. The average width of the α-ChNFs decreased with decreasing DA. Furthermore, the transmittance and viscosity of the α-ChNF dispersions increased with decreasing DA. We successfully developed a simple model for estimating the average width of α-ChNFs with different DAs. These results indicate that the DA is an effective parameter for defining and controlling the physicochemical properties of α-ChNFs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32229206
pii: S0141-8130(20)32799-9
doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.213
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Chitin
1398-61-4
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
350-357Informations de copyright
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