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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 146, Issue -, Pages 10-19Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.03.027
Keywords
Rheological properties; Chitosan gallate; Film-forming solutions; Antioxidant activity; Antimicrobial films
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- Key Project of National Science and Technology Ministry [2012BAD38B09]
- Key Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Province, China [2014C02017]
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The chitosan gallates (CG) were obtained by free-radical-initiated grafting of gallic acid (GA) onto chitosan (CS) in this work. The chemical structures of the CG were corroborated by UV-vis, GPC and H-1 NMR analysis. The grafting reaction was accompanied with a degradation of the CS molecule. The shear thinning flow behavior of CG film-forming solutions (CG FFS) decreased with the grafting amount of GA into CS chain, while the CG FFS grafted at a lower GA value behaved like a networks containing entangled or cross-linked polymer chains with a more elastic behavior. The increasing of GA grafting onto the CS chain led to a reduction of tensile strength, elongation at break and water resistance in the corresponding films, but increases in the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were observed. The microstructure of the film was investigated using scanning electron and atomic force microscope, and the results were closely related to the observed film properties. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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