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Chitin Hydrogels Prepared at Various Lithium Chloride/N,N-Dimethylacetamide Solutions by Water Vapor-Induced Phase Inversion

datacite.subject.fos oecd::Natural sciences
dc.contributor.author Khoa Dang Nguyen
dc.contributor.author Takaomi Kobayashi
dc.contributor.editor Barbara Gawdzik
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-02T02:21:48Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-02T02:21:48Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract Chitin was chemically extracted from crab shells and then dissolved in N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) solvent with lithium chloride (LiCl) at 3, 5, 7, and 10%. The concentrated chitin-DMAc/LiCl solutions were used for the preparation of chitin hydrogels by water vapor-induced phase inversion at 20°C. The coagulation process was investigated while altering the concentration of LiCl in the DMAc solution. The shear viscosity of the chitin solution increased with higher LiCl amounts and decreased when the concentration of LiCl was reduced by adding water to the chitin solution, implying high LiCl concentration delayed the coagulation of chitin solution in the presence of water. The viscoelasticity of the chitin solutions indicated the gel formation intensification was dependent on the dose of LiCl and chitin in the DMAc solution. After the chitin solution was coagulated, the resultant hydrogels had water contents of 387–461% and the tensile strength varied from 285 to 400 kPa when the concentration of LiCl in the hydrogel was adjusted to 3% and 7%, respectively. As for viscoelasticity, the complex modulus of the chitin hydrogels indicated that the increment of the LiCl concentration up to 7% formed the tight hydrogels. Atomic force microscopic (AFM) image revealed the formation of the entanglement network and larger domains of the aggregated chitin segments. However, the hydrogel prepared at 10% LiCl in DMAc solution exhibited weak mechanical properties due to the loose hydrogel networking caused by the strong aggregation of the chitin segments.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1155/2020/6645351
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.vlu.edu.vn:443/handle/123456789/620
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Chemistry
dc.relation.issn 2090-9071
dc.relation.issn 2090-9063
dc.title Chitin Hydrogels Prepared at Various Lithium Chloride/N,N-Dimethylacetamide Solutions by Water Vapor-Induced Phase Inversion
dc.type journal-article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.volume 2020
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