ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
chitosan
;
polyethylene glycol polyblend
;
intermolecular interaction
;
viscometry
;
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The molecular structures of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and chitosan (CS) are illustrated as follows: 1CS2PEG\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm HO} \hbox{--} {\rm CH}_2 {\rm CH}_2 \rlap{--} ({\rm O} \hbox{--} {\rm CH}_2 {\rm CH}_2 \rlap{--} {\rm O} \hbox{--} {\rm CH}_2 {\rm CH}_2 \hbox{--} {\rm OH} $$\end{document} The intermolecular interactions between these two polymers were studied by viscometry with a thermodynamic parameter α, which was first proposed by Sun et al. The weight additive rule of the intrinsic viscosity of polyblend relating to the values of each polymeric constituent was attested to with PEG/CS polyblend. The calculation formula of Huggins coefficient for polyblend, km, was theoretically deduced, and a very simple expression of α was obtained. First, the values of α for PEG/CS blends with different PEG molecular weight were estimated from the experimental viscosity data of the polyblends with different mixed ratio. According to these values of α, it can be predicted that an attractive interaction exists between the molecule of PEG and that of CS. Second, the viscosity of CS was measured in pseudo-solvents (PEG dissolved in 0.01N sodium chloride aqueous solution) with different PEG concentrations. From these viscosity data, the values of cross Huggins coefficient are calculated to be all larger than the values of the Huggins coefficient both for CS and for PEG. On the revised α criterion, the dissimilar molecular interaction in PEG/CS polyblend is demonstrated to be attractive too. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 1275-1281, 1998
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
