Effect of ionic strength on assembly behaviors and rheological properties of rice glutelin based fibrils

2021 ◽  
pp. 103224
Author(s):  
Ting Li ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Xinxia Zhang ◽  
Peibin Yu ◽  
Zhengxing Chen
Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Smilek ◽  
Sabína Jarábková ◽  
Tomáš Velcer ◽  
Miloslav Pekař

The rheological properties of hydrogels prepared by physical interactions between oppositely charged polyelectrolyte and surfactant in micellar form were studied. Specifically, hyaluronan was employed as a negatively charged polyelectrolyte and Septonex (carbethopendecinium bromide) as a cationic surfactant. Amino-modified dextran was used as a positively charged polyelectrolyte interacting with sodium dodecylsulphate as an anionic surfactant. The effects of the preparation method, surfactant concentration, ionic strength (the concentration of NaCl background electrolyte), pH (buffers), multivalent cations, and elevated temperature on the properties were investigated. The formation of gels required an optimum ionic strength (set by the NaCl solution), ranging from 0.15–0.3 M regardless of the type of hydrogel system and surfactant concentration. The other compositional effects and the effect of temperature were dependent on the polyelectrolyte type or its molecular weight. General differences between the behaviour of hyaluronan-based and cationized dextran-based materials were attributed to differences in the chain conformations of the two biopolymers and in the accessibility of their charged groups.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 2073-2083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Sheikhi ◽  
Samson Afewerki ◽  
Rahmi Oklu ◽  
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar ◽  
Ali Khademhosseini

The effect of ionic strength on the structure and rheological properties of nanoclay–gelatin shear-thinning biomaterials (STBs) is investigated. A fundamental insight into nanoclay–polymer interactions in physiological environments is provided to design clay-based biomaterials for biomedical applications.


2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Liu ◽  
Xiao-Quan Yang ◽  
Ijaz Ahmad ◽  
Chuan-He Tang ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-zhong Zhou ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Lei Gao ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Hai-Feng Qian

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mira Cho ◽  
Sun Ok Hong ◽  
Seung Hak Lee ◽  
Kyu Hyun ◽  
Ju Min Kim

Viscoelastic fluids, including particulate systems, are found in various biological and industrial systems including blood flow, food, cosmetics, and electronic materials. Particles suspended in viscoelastic fluids such as polymer solutions migrate laterally, forming spatially segregated streams in pressure-driven flow. Viscoelastic particle migration was recently applied to microfluidic technologies including particle counting and sorting and the micromechanical measurement of living cells. Understanding the effects on equilibrium particle positions of rheological properties of suspending viscoelastic fluid is essential for designing microfluidic applications. It has been considered that the shear-thinning behavior of viscoelastic fluid is a critical factor in determining the equilibrium particle positions. This work presents the lateral particle migration in two different xanthan gum-based viscoelastic fluids with similar shear-thinning viscosities and the linear viscoelastic properties. The flexibility and contour length of the xanthan gum molecules were tuned by varying the ionic strength of the solvent. Particles suspended in flexible and short xanthan gum solution, dissolved at high ionic strength, migrated toward the corners in a square channel, whereas particles in the rigid and long xanthan gum solutions in deionized water migrated toward the centerline. This work suggests that the structural properties of polymer molecules play significant roles in determining the equilibrium positions in shear-thinning fluids, despite similar bulk rheological properties. The current results are expected to be used in a wide range of applications such as cell counting and sorting.


2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 384-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Kujawa ◽  
Annie Audibert-Hayet ◽  
Joseph Selb ◽  
Françoise Candau

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document