TY - JOUR
T1 - Weak gel of chitin with ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide
AU - Prasad, Kamalesh
AU - Murakami, Masa aki
AU - Kaneko, Yoshiro
AU - Takada, Akihiko
AU - Nakamura, Yoshifumi
AU - Kadokawa, Jun ichi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support from KRI Inc., Kyoto, Japan. K.P. gratefully acknowledges the receipt of a fellowship from the INOUE foundation for science and CSIR, India for grant of deputation.
PY - 2009/10/1
Y1 - 2009/10/1
N2 - This paper reports the formation of weak gel of chitin with an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (IL). When a mixture of 5% (w/w) chitin with IL was heated at 100 °C for 48 h, the clear liquid was obtained. The experimental process was observed by the CCD camera view and the SEM analysis. From a mixture of chitin with IL in the higher concentration (7%, w/w), a more viscous material, i.e., a gel-like material was obtained. The rheological evaluations showed that both 5% (w/w) and 7% (w/w) chitins with IL behaved as weak gels.
AB - This paper reports the formation of weak gel of chitin with an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (IL). When a mixture of 5% (w/w) chitin with IL was heated at 100 °C for 48 h, the clear liquid was obtained. The experimental process was observed by the CCD camera view and the SEM analysis. From a mixture of chitin with IL in the higher concentration (7%, w/w), a more viscous material, i.e., a gel-like material was obtained. The rheological evaluations showed that both 5% (w/w) and 7% (w/w) chitins with IL behaved as weak gels.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.05.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 19467258
AN - SCOPUS:67651067569
VL - 45
SP - 221
EP - 225
JO - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
JF - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
SN - 0141-8130
IS - 3
ER -