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Titles
English : Influence of Starch and Glycerol on the Properties of Chitosan by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy
Arabic : تأثير النشا والجلسرول على خواص الكيتوزان باستخدام التحليل الطيفي بالبوزيترون
Abstract Two types of chitosan (CS), a and b, were blended with different concentrations of starch and cast to obtain films. The addition of 1% glycerol was used as a plasticizer to increase film flexibility. The properties of the obtained films were studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy. The results indicate that pure b-CS had smaller size free-volume holes with high fractions than pure a-CS; this was attributed to the difference in bondingof main chains in b-CS. The addition of starch (>20% up to 50%) reduced the size of the free-volume holes and increased their fraction because of the close packing of chain segments. The effect of 1% glycerol to the CS starch blends indicated that some modification took place. VC 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 116: 2874–2883, 2010 Key words: films; biomaterials; biopolymers; blends; microstructure
Publication year 2010
Pages 2874–2883
Organization Name
    Food Technology Research Institute (FTRI)
serial title Journal ofAppliedPolymer Science,
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External authors (outside ARC)
    ماجدة عبد الوهاب استاذ الفيزياء النوويه بكليه البنات جامعه عين شمس
Publication Type Journal

 
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