Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 473-480Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm9011985
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- CNPq
- Capes [04/2008]
- FAPEMIG [EDT 479/07, PPM III 0207/09]
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A new biodegradable nanocomposite was obtained from layer-by-layer (LBL) technique using highly deacetylated chitosan and eucalyptus wood cellulose nanowhiskers (CNWs) Hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged sulfate groups on the whisker surface and the ammonium groups of chitosan were the driving forces for the growth of the multilayered films The film growth was followed by UV-vis spectroscopy through the maximum value of the absorption hand at 194 nm and showed the deposition of 14 7 mg . m(-2) of chitosan polymer in each cycle. Scanning electron microscopy showed high density and homogeneous distribution of CNWs adsorbed oil each chitosan layer Cross-section characterization of the assembled films indicates an average of similar to 7 nm of thickness per bilayer. The results presented in this work indicate that the methodology used can be extended to different biopolymers for the design of new biobased nanocomposites in a wide range of applications Such as biomedical and food packaging.
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