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  • Title: Chitosan bicomponent nanofibers and nanoporous fibers.
    Author: Li L, Hsieh YL.
    Journal: Carbohydr Res; 2006 Feb 27; 341(3):374-81. PubMed ID: 16376868.
    Abstract:
    Nanofibers with average diameters between 20 and 100nm have been prepared by electrospinning of 82.5% deacetylated chitosan (Mv=1600 kDa) mixed with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA, Mw=124-186 kDa) in 2% (v/v) aqueous acetic acid. The formation of bicomponent fibers was feasible with 3% concentration of solution containing up to an equal mass of chitosan. Finer fibers, fewer beaded structures and more efficient fiber formation were observed with increasing PVA contents. Nanoporous fibers could be generated by removing the PVA component in the 17/83 chitosan/PVA bicomponent fibers with 1M NaOH (12 h). Fiber formation efficiency and composition uniformity improved significantly when the molecular weight of chitosan was halved by alkaline hydrolysis (50 wt% aqueous NaOH, 95 degrees C, 48 h). The improved uniform distribution of chitosan and PVA in the bicomponent fibers was attributed to better mixing mostly due to the reduced molecular weight and to the increased deacetylation of the chitosan.
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