TY - GEN
T1 - Property evaluation of sodium alginate/chitosan compound dressings
AU - Lou, Ching Wen
AU - Lu, Chao Tsang
AU - Hu, Jin Jia
AU - Lin, Wei Jen
AU - Lin, Meng Chen
AU - Lin, Jia Horng
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Polymer materials such as sodium alginate, chitosan, polylactic acid, and pectin, are commonly used as biomedical materials. This study combines sodium alginate (SA) and chitosan solutions to make the compound membranes. The compound membranes with optimal parameters are then combined with base fabrics, forming the compound dressings. SA and chitosan are mixed with various ratios, and then added with calcium chloride (CaCl2 (aq)), after which the mixture is thermally treated to form the SA/chitosan compound membranes. Moisture retention, swelling, weight loss, water contact angle, and water content ratio tests evaluate the resulting membranes, determining the optimum parameters. When the ratio of SA to chitosan is 7:3, the resulting membranes exhibit an optimal swelling. The weight loss of the membranes starts decreasing with the addition of CaCl2 (aq), indicating an increase in the structural stability of the compound membranes. Lastly, the water contact angle of all compound membranes is smaller than 90°, stating that they have a good hydrophilicity.
AB - Polymer materials such as sodium alginate, chitosan, polylactic acid, and pectin, are commonly used as biomedical materials. This study combines sodium alginate (SA) and chitosan solutions to make the compound membranes. The compound membranes with optimal parameters are then combined with base fabrics, forming the compound dressings. SA and chitosan are mixed with various ratios, and then added with calcium chloride (CaCl2 (aq)), after which the mixture is thermally treated to form the SA/chitosan compound membranes. Moisture retention, swelling, weight loss, water contact angle, and water content ratio tests evaluate the resulting membranes, determining the optimum parameters. When the ratio of SA to chitosan is 7:3, the resulting membranes exhibit an optimal swelling. The weight loss of the membranes starts decreasing with the addition of CaCl2 (aq), indicating an increase in the structural stability of the compound membranes. Lastly, the water contact angle of all compound membranes is smaller than 90°, stating that they have a good hydrophilicity.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.627.849
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.627.849
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84872523793
SN - 9783037855751
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 849
EP - 854
BT - Advances in Textile Engineering and Materials
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Textile Engineering and Materials, ICTEM 2012
Y2 - 17 November 2012 through 18 November 2012
ER -