Sreekumar, Sruthi ; Goycoolea, Francisco Martin ; Moerschbacher, Bruno ; Rivera-Rodriguez, Gustavo R.: Parameters influencing the size of chitosan-TPP nano- and microparticles
Inhalt
- Materials.
- Table 1 Structural characteristics of the chitosans used.
- Figure 1 Surface response for influence on average hydrodynamic diameter of particles with a molar ratio of 1.
- Table 2 Design of Experiments with codified and non-codified factor levels for the full factorial design.
- Figure 2 Surface response for influence on average hydrodynamic diameter of particles with a molar ratio of 1.
- Figure 3 Influence of chitosan concentration on the average hydrodynamic diameter of particles prepared using DA 20% (■), DA 35% (), and DA 50% () with a NH2/PO4 ratio of 1.
- Results and Discussion
- Figure 4 Size distribution by intensity of chitosan-TPP particles prepared from chitosan samples at varying DA and concentration (black 0.
- Figure 5 TEM micrographs of chitosan-TPP particles prepared from chitosan samples at varying DA and concentration with a NH2/PO4 molar ratio of 1.
- Figure 6 Viscosimetry studies performed on chitosans with similar DA (35%) but varying DP (700, 1600, 2500).
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements