Abstract:
:Chitosan nanofibers were easily prepared from fully deacetylated chitosan dry powder using a high-pressure waterjet system. From SEM observation, after 10 cycles of treatment, most of the chitosan had been reduced to homogeneous nanofibers measuring tens of nanometers. On the other hand, further mechanical treatment did not show a significant change. Relative crystallinity of chitosan nanofibers gradually decreased as the number of passes increased since high-pressure waterjet treatment damaged the crystalline region of chitosan nanofibers. The transmittance of the chitosan nanofiber slurry increased steeply, as the number of passes increased, indicating that the chitosan fibers were disintegrated effectively. Viscosity of chitosan nanofiber slurry also showed that the chitosan disintegrated well into nanofibers up to 10 passes. Above 10 passes, disintegration efficiency was saturated. The molecular weights of the nanofibers steeply decreased due to the depolymerization of chitosan by mechanical disintegration. The Young's modulus and tensile strength of chitosan nanofiber sheets were improved as the number of treatments increased, but further treatments deteriorated the tensile strength.
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Int J Biol Macromoljournal_title
International journal of biological macromoleculesauthors
Aklog YF,Dutta AK,Izawa H,Morimoto M,Saimoto H,Ifuku Sdoi
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.10.042subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-01-01 00:00:00pages
1191-5eissn
0141-8130issn
1879-0003pii
S0141-8130(14)00718-1journal_volume
72pub_type
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