Structure and Mechanical Properties of Chitosan/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Blend Films

Autor: Yuezhen Bin, Mami Bando, Masaru Matsuo, Yumiko Nakano, Teruo Nakashima, Tsumuko Okuno, Hiromichi Kurosu
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Symposia. 258:63-81
ISSN: 1521-3900
1022-1360
Popis: The origins of the thermal and mechanical properties of chitosan and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with inter- and intra-hydrogen bonds were investigated systematically by using X-ray, DSC, positron annihilation and viscoelastic measurements. Based on their individual properties, the characteristics of the blend films were estimated in relation to their morphology and mechanical properties as a function of chitosan content. The characteristics of the blend films were also analyzed in terms of the deviation from a simple additive rule of chitosan and PVA content. These results suggested that the miscibility of chitosan and PVA could be ensured by entanglement of the amorphous chain segments of chitosan and PVA. Further detailed analysis revealed that the chitosan content on the film surface is higher than that of the admixture content of chitosan after elongation, although the chitosan and PVA chains were crystallized independently. The elongation could be achieved for the blend films whose PVA content was higher than 50% and the drawn blend films were transparent. Thus, it may be expected that sufficiently entangled meshes formed between chitosan and PVA amorphous chains within the film, the PVA content being higher than 50%, were maintained under the elongation process.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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