TY - JOUR
T1 - An inclusive physicochemical comparison of natural and synthetic chitin films
AU - Kaya, Murat
AU - Salaberria, Asier M.
AU - Mujtaba, Muhammad
AU - Labidi, Jalel
AU - Baran, Talat
AU - Mulercikas, Povilas
AU - Duman, Fatih
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Natural and synthetic chitin films, obtained from the same source were produced and their physicochemical properties were examined comparatively. Firstly, natural chitin film was obtained from elytra of an insect (Oryctes nasicornis L.) and purity of the obtained chitin film (degree of acetylation: 79 ± 2%) was demonstrated by solid state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR). Then, the synthetic film was produced by dissolving of natural chitin film in LiCl–DMAc. The obtained natural and synthetic films were characterized by AFM, TGA, DSC, FTIR, mechanical properties, light transmission and contact angle. The analyses result demonstrated that natural chitin film lost very important properties such as high thermal stability, transparency, nanofibrous nature, tensile strength, Young's modulus and hydrophobicity after transforming the synthetic film.
AB - Natural and synthetic chitin films, obtained from the same source were produced and their physicochemical properties were examined comparatively. Firstly, natural chitin film was obtained from elytra of an insect (Oryctes nasicornis L.) and purity of the obtained chitin film (degree of acetylation: 79 ± 2%) was demonstrated by solid state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR). Then, the synthetic film was produced by dissolving of natural chitin film in LiCl–DMAc. The obtained natural and synthetic films were characterized by AFM, TGA, DSC, FTIR, mechanical properties, light transmission and contact angle. The analyses result demonstrated that natural chitin film lost very important properties such as high thermal stability, transparency, nanofibrous nature, tensile strength, Young's modulus and hydrophobicity after transforming the synthetic film.
KW - Chitin
KW - Elytra
KW - Insect
KW - Natural film
KW - Synthetic film
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.08.108
DO - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.08.108
M3 - Article
C2 - 28842199
AN - SCOPUS:85028731146
SN - 0141-8130
VL - 106
SP - 1062
EP - 1070
JO - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
JF - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
ER -