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CHARACTERISATION OF CHITOSAN AFTER CROSS-LINKING BY TANNIC ACID

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Sionkowska A., Kaczmarek B., Lewandowska K.
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2014
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vol. 19
135-138
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Chitosan is widely applied in biomedical and cosmetic fields. For this reason, there is a need to modify this biopolymer to achieve new properties of chitosan-based materials. The properties of chitosan can be modified by several cross-linking methods. In this work, we used the chemical cross-linking of chitosan with tannic acid, after which cross-linked chitosan was shaped into a 3D structure by the lyophilisation process. For the material obtained, FTIR-ATR analysis was performed to characterise the structure of cross-linked chitosan. Moreover, mechanical properties and swelling properties were measured for chitosan before and after cross-linking. The results show that several properties of chitosan can be changed after cross-linking by tannic acid. The positions of bands in the FTIR spectra of chitosan were shifted after cross-linking. Mechanical properties were altered for cross-linked chitosan. However, the highest compressive modulus was observed for pure chitosan. The lowest compressive modulus was observed for chitosan cross-linked with 20 wt% of tannic acid. Swelling behaviour also depends on the cross-linking of chitosan. It decreases for chitosan after cross-linking by tannic acid. Overall, the properties of cross-linked chitosan depend on the amount of tannic acid used for modification. This method of cross-linking can be useful for obtaining materials with specific properties.
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE TYPE SOLVENT ON THE STRUCTURE OF CHITOSAN BLENDS WITH HYALURONIC ACID

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Lewandowska K., Sionkowska A., Grabska S.
Progress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and its Derivatives
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2016
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vol. 21
147-153
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The influence of the type solvent on the structure of chitosan, hyaluronic acid and their blend films was investigated. Aqueous acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride and aqueous acetic acid/NaCl were used as solvents for chitosan, hyaluronic acid and Ch/HA solution blends. Ch, HA and their blend films were prepared by casting technique. The homogeneity and morphology of chitosan blends were ascertained from the tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The changes of topography images are considered by determining the root mean square (RMS, Rq) deviation in the image data. The surface roughness of chitosan, hyaluronic acid and Ch/HA blended films was altered by mixing. The structure of chitosan blends with hyaluronic acid depends on the blend composition and on the solvent used for preparing the blend.
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VISCOMETRIC STUDIES OF CHITOSAN/POLYACRYLAMIDE MIXTURES

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Lewandowska K., Sionkowska A., Krasińska K.
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2014
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vol. 19
73-78
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Polymer-polymer interactions and miscibility for chitosan (Ch) and partially hydrolysed polyacrylamide (HPAM) have been investigated using dilute solution viscosity. The intrinsic viscosity, [η], and the viscosity interaction parameters, bm, have been determined for the binary (solvent/polymer) and ternary (solvent/polymer A/polymer B) systems. Degree of miscibility of these polymer mixtures was estimated on the basis of two criteria. The final result depends on (i) the applied extrapolation method used for determination of the interaction parameters, (ii) the assumed miscibility criteria, and (iii) the blend composition.
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