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Thermoreversible gels of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose cross-linked by amylose

Chronakis, IS ; Egermayer, Monica LU and Piculell, Lennart LU (2002) In Macromolecules 35(10). p.4113-4122
Abstract
Aqueous mixtures of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HMHEC) or unmodified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), with amylose (AM) or potato amylopectin (PAP), have been investigated by rheology, turbidity, and H-1 NMR measurements. It is concluded that the AM molecules cross-link HMHEC chains by forming helical inclusion complexes with the hydrophobic side chains of HMHEC, leading to thermoreversible, elastic, and thixotropic gels at ambient temperatures. The complexation ability, the setting-melting temperature of the AM-HMHEC complexes, the strength of the association, and the viscoelastic behavior of the gels vary with the polymer concentrations, the pH, and the preparation method. AM-HMHEC complexes were obtained at a pH range... (More)
Aqueous mixtures of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HMHEC) or unmodified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), with amylose (AM) or potato amylopectin (PAP), have been investigated by rheology, turbidity, and H-1 NMR measurements. It is concluded that the AM molecules cross-link HMHEC chains by forming helical inclusion complexes with the hydrophobic side chains of HMHEC, leading to thermoreversible, elastic, and thixotropic gels at ambient temperatures. The complexation ability, the setting-melting temperature of the AM-HMHEC complexes, the strength of the association, and the viscoelastic behavior of the gels vary with the polymer concentrations, the pH, and the preparation method. AM-HMHEC complexes were obtained at a pH range of 7-12.5, but a maximum storage modulus was observed at pH approximate to 10. The AM-HMHEC complexation is modified or completely abolished by the addition of surfactant. A weak synergistic interaction was found for mixtures of PAP with HNIHEC. No complexation was observed between HEC and either AM or PAP. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Aqueous mixtures of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HMHEC) or unmodified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), with amylose (AM) or potato amylopectin (PAP), have been investigated by rheology, turbidity, and H-1 NMR measurements. It is concluded that the AM molecules cross-link HMHEC chains by forming helical inclusion complexes with the hydrophobic side chains of HMHEC, leading to thermoreversible, elastic, and thixotropic gels at ambient temperatures. The complexation ability, the setting-melting temperature of the AM-HMHEC complexes, the strength of the association, and the viscoelastic behavior of the gels vary with the polymer concentrations, the pH, and the preparation method. AM-HMHEC complexes were obtained at a pH range of 7-12.5, but a maximum storage modulus was observed at pH approximate to 10. The AM-HMHEC complexation is modified or completely abolished by the addition of surfactant. A weak synergistic interaction was found for mixtures of PAP with HNIHEC. No complexation was observed between HEC and either AM or PAP.}},
  author       = {{Chronakis, IS and Egermayer, Monica and Piculell, Lennart}},
  issn         = {{0024-9297}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{4113--4122}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Macromolecules}},
  title        = {{Thermoreversible gels of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose cross-linked by amylose}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma011980q}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/ma011980q}},
  volume       = {{35}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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