Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2): 300.

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Studies on Chitosan-fibroin Blend Membranes(Ⅰ)——Structure of the Blend Membrane and the Improvement of the Water Adsorption and the Mechanical Property of Fibroin

CHEN Xin, LI Wen-Jun, ZHONG Wei, LU Yu-Hua, YU Tong-Yin   

  1. Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of the State Education Commission of China, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
  • Received:1996-10-23 Online:1998-02-24 Published:1998-02-24

Abstract: By means of FTIR, X-ray diffraction, TGA and DSC measurements, the structure of chitosan-fibroin blend membrane has been analyzed. The results showed that there was a strong hydrogen bond interaction between chitosan and fibroin in the blend membrane. Therefore, according to the result of X-ray diffraction as well as the phenomenon that the membrane was transparent and there was no obvious macrophase separation observed by SEM, it could be concluded that the chitosan-fibroin blend membrane was basically compatible. It was also found that the water adsorption property and the mechanical property of fibroin membrane were improved by blending chitosan.

Key words: Chitosan-fibroin blend membrane, Structure, Water adsorption, Mechanical property

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