## Abstract This study investigates the improved swelling behavior of chitosan/poly(acrylic acid) complex by solvent (methanol, ethanol, and acetone) extraction. The complex is developed by photoinitiated freeβradical polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of chitosan. The swelling ratio of
Studies on chitosan and poly(acrylic acid) interpolymer complex. II. Solution behaviors of the mixture of water-soluble chitosan and poly(acrylic acid)
β Scribed by Hanfu Wang; Wenjun Li; Yuhua Lu; Zhiliang Wang; Wei Zhong
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 289 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
Water-soluble chitosan with a 50% deacetylation degree was prepared according to the literature. The mixtures of water-soluble chitosan and poly(acry1ic acid) (PAA) in water was studied by various experimental techniques, such as viscometry, potentiometry, and transmittance measurements. The results showed that water-soluble chitosan may complex with PAA through electrostatic attraction. This polyelectrolyte complex exists steadily at about an equimolar unit composition.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A novel semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) membrane composed of crosslinked chitosan(cr-CS) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was prepared. Evidence from infrared spectra proved the formation of polyelectrolyte complex through electrostatic interaction between NH / 3 groups from CS and COO