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Duminis T, Heljak M, Święszkowski W, Ereskovsky A, Dziedzic I, Nowicki M, Pajewska-Szmyt M, Voronkina A, Bornstein SR, Ehrlich H. On the Mechanical Properties of Microfibre-Based 3D Chitinous Scaffolds from Selected Verongiida Sponges. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:463. [PMID: 37755076 PMCID: PMC10532465 DOI: 10.3390/md21090463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Skeletal constructs of diverse marine sponges remain to be a sustainable source of biocompatible porous biopolymer-based 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering and technology, especially structures isolated from cultivated demosponges, which belong to the Verongiida order, due to the renewability of their chitinous, fibre-containing architecture focused attention. These chitinous scaffolds have already shown excellent and promising results in biomimetics and tissue engineering with respect to their broad diversity of cells. However, the mechanical features of these constructs have been poorly studied before. For the first time, the elastic moduli characterising the chitinous samples have been determined. Moreover, nanoindentation of the selected bromotyrosine-containing as well as pigment-free chitinous scaffolds isolated from selected verongiids was used in the study for comparative purposes. It was shown that the removal of bromotyrosines from chitin scaffolds results in a reduced elastic modulus; however, their hardness was relatively unaffected.
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- Tomas Duminis
- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; (I.D.); (M.N.); (M.P.-S.)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland; (M.H.); (W.Ś.)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland; (M.H.); (W.Ś.)
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- Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Écologie Marine et Continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France;
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- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; (I.D.); (M.N.); (M.P.-S.)
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; (I.D.); (M.N.); (M.P.-S.)
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- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; (I.D.); (M.N.); (M.P.-S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Pirogov Str. 56, 21018 Vinnytsia, Ukraine;
- Institute of Electronics and Sensor Materials, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav Zeuner Str. 3, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, Universitz Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitat Dresden, Fetschelstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany;
- Departmen of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; (I.D.); (M.N.); (M.P.-S.)
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Shi Y, Chen SC, Xiong WT, Wang YZ. Simultaneous toughening and strengthening of chitin-based composites via tensile-induced orientation and hydrogen bond reconstruction. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 275:118713. [PMID: 34742438 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Chitin, an abundant, biodegradable, and biocompatible polysaccharide, is one of the most ideal eco-friendly alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. However, the applications of chitin-based materials are hindered by their low processability and brittleness induced by strong hydrogen bonds. Herein, a tensile-induced orientation and hydrogen bond reconstruction strategy was developed to fabricate a chitin nanowhiskers/poly(vinyl alcohol) composite film with high strength and toughness. After stretching and hydrogen bond reconstruction, the tensile strength and elongation at break of the composite film increased from 38.6 to 115.2 MPa and 9.37% to 40.7%, respectively. Furthermore, strengthening and toughening mechanisms were also studied, which were attributed to the effects of the intra-layer orientation and interlayer sliding, respectively.
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- Yu Shi
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Friendly and Fire-Safety Polymeric Materials (MoE), State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Nationa l Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Friendly and Fire-Safety Polymeric Materials (MoE), State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Nationa l Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Friendly and Fire-Safety Polymeric Materials (MoE), State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Nationa l Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Friendly and Fire-Safety Polymeric Materials (MoE), State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Nationa l Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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Chitin-glucan complex – Based biopolymeric structures using biocompatible ionic liquids. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 247:116679. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Zhu K, Shi S, Cao Y, Lu A, Hu J, Zhang L. Robust chitin films with good biocompatibility and breathable properties. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 212:361-367. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.02.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Yu P, He H, Luo Y, Jia D, Dufresne A. Elastomer Reinforced with Regenerated Chitin from Alkaline/Urea Aqueous System. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:26460-26467. [PMID: 28719186 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Novel hybrid elastomer/regenerated chitin (R-chitin) composites were developed, for the first time, by introducing chitin solution (dissolved in alkaline/urea aqueous solution at low temperature) into rubber latex, and then cocoagulating using ethanol as the cocoagulant. During the rapid coprecipitation process, the chitin solution showed rapid coagulant-induced gelation and a porous chitin phase was generated, and the rubber latex particles were synchronously demulsificated to form the rubbery phase. The two phases interlaced and interpenetrated simultaneously to form an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) structure, which was evidenced by SEM observation. The ensuing compound was also characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and swelling experiments. The unique porous structure of R-chitin could result in strong physical entanglements and interlocks between filler and matrix, thus a highly efficient load transfer between the filler and the matrix was achieved. Accordingly, R-chitin endows the elastomer with a remarkable reinforcement. We envisage that this work may contribute new insights on novel design of chitin-based elastomer hybrids with IPN structure.
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- Peng Yu
- Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
- Université Grenoble Alpes , CNRS, Grenoble INP, LGP2, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Université Grenoble Alpes , CNRS, Grenoble INP, LGP2, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Preparation of multifunctional chitin nanowhiskers/ZnO-Ag NPs and their effect on the properties of carboxymethyl cellulose-based nanocomposite film. Carbohydr Polym 2017; 169:467-479. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Torres MD, Chenlo F, Moreira R. Thermal reversibility of kappa/iota-hybrid carrageenan gels extracted from Mastocarpus stellatus at different ionic strengths. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Peng N, Ai Z, Fang Z, Wang Y, Xia Z, Zhong Z, Fan X, Ye Q. Homogeneous synthesis of quaternized chitin in NaOH/urea aqueous solution as a potential gene vector. Carbohydr Polym 2016; 150:180-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.04.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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