Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 221-225Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.05.004
Keywords
Chitin; Weak gel; Ionic liquid
Funding
- KRI Inc., Kyotojapan
- INOUE foundation for science
- CSIR, India
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This paper reports the formation of weak gel of chitin with an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (IL). When a mixture of 5% (w/w) chitin with IL was heated at 100 degrees C for 48 h, the clear liquid was obtained. The experimental process was observed by the CCD camera view and the SEM analysis. From a mixture of chitin with IL in the higher concentration (7%, w/w), a more viscous material, i.e., a gel-like material was obtained. The theological evaluations showed that both 5% (w/w) and 7% (w/w) chitins with IL behaved as weak gels. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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