Physical and mechanical properties of thermosensitive xanthan/collagen-inspired protein composite hydrogels

Autor: Thao T. H. Pham, Martien A. Cohen Stuart, Ingeborg M. Storm, Frank Snijkers, Frits A. de Wolf, Jasper van der Gucht
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 65 (2016) 3
International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 65(3), 125-133
ISSN: 0091-4037
DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2015.1074904
Popis: Functionalization of xanthan hydrogels is of interest for biomaterial applications. The authors report characterization of electrostatic complexation of xanthan with a recombinant collagen-inspired triblock protein polymer. This polymer has one charged polylysine end-block that can bind to xanthan by electrostatic interactions, and another end-block that can self-assemble into thermosensitive collagen-like triple helices; the end-blocks are connected by a neutral, hydrophilic, mostly inert random coil. The protein modifies the xanthan/protein composite hydrogels in three ways: (a) a significant increase in storage modulus, (b) thermosensitivity, and (c) a two-step strain softening in nonlinear rheology.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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