Glyceraldehyde as an Efficient Chemical Crosslinker Agent for the Formation of Chitosan Hydrogels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Shear Viscosity Measurements and Entanglements
2.2. Gelation of Chitosan in the Presence of Glyceraldehyde
2.3. Effects of Temperature and pH on the Gelation Features
2.4. Effect of GCA on the Mesh Size of Mature Gels
2.5. Comparison of Gel Formation of Chitosan with Different Crosslinker Agents
3. Conclusions
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials and Preparation of Gels
4.2. Rheology Experiments
4.3. Small Angle Neutron Scatering (SANS) Experiments
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Carmona, P.; Tasici, A.M.; Sande, S.A.; Knudsen, K.D.; Nyström, B. Glyceraldehyde as an Efficient Chemical Crosslinker Agent for the Formation of Chitosan Hydrogels. Gels 2021, 7, 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7040186
Carmona P, Tasici AM, Sande SA, Knudsen KD, Nyström B. Glyceraldehyde as an Efficient Chemical Crosslinker Agent for the Formation of Chitosan Hydrogels. Gels. 2021; 7(4):186. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7040186
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarmona, Pierre, Anca M. Tasici, Sverre A. Sande, Kenneth D. Knudsen, and Bo Nyström. 2021. "Glyceraldehyde as an Efficient Chemical Crosslinker Agent for the Formation of Chitosan Hydrogels" Gels 7, no. 4: 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7040186