Formation of Wheat-Protein-Based Biomaterials through Polymer Grafting and Crosslinking Reactions to Introduce New Functional Properties
✍ Scribed by Lusiana Kurniawan; Greg G. Qiao; Xiaoqing Zhang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1616-5187
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
An insoluble wheat proteins‐based polymer networks with new functional groups and positive charges were prepared through grafting‐coupling reactions. The networks were also flexible with a lower glass transition temperature since the existence of the grafted mobile segments. The multi‐component/multi‐phase systems became relatively homogeneous on a scale of 20–30 nm due to strong intermolecular interactions and chemical cross‐linking in the materials. This demonstrates that the grafting‐coupling reaction is an effective methodology to develop biomaterials with modified functional and mechanical properties from proteins.
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