Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages 10-17Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.03.075
Keywords
Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs); Chitosan; Alginate; Self-assembly; Fibers; Nano-colloids
Funding
- Nano Mission, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [SR/NM/NS-1346]
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We report here the self-assembled structures of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) of polyanionic sodium alginate with the polycationic chitosan at room temperature. The PECs prepared at different pH values exhibited two distinct morphologies. The chitosan-alginate PECs self-assembled into the fibrous structure in a low pH range of pH 3 to 7. The PECs obtained at high pH series around pH 8 and above resulted in the formation of colloidal nano particles in the range of 120 9.48 nm to 46.02 16.66 nm. The zeta potential measurement showed that PECs prepared at lower pH (pH < 6) exhibited nearly neutral surface charge, whereas PECs prepared at higher pH than 6 exhibited highly negative surface charge. The molecular interactions in nano-colloids and fibers were evaluated using FTIR analysis. The results attest that the ionic state of the chitosan and alginate plays an important role controlling the morphologies of the PECS. The present study has identified the enormous potential of the polyelectrolytes complexes to exploit shape by the alteration of ionic strength. These findings might be useful in the development of novel biomaterial. The produced fibers and nanocolloids could be applied as a biomaterial for tissue engineering and drug delivery. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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