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Mileo PGM, Krauter CM, Sanders JM, Browning AR, Halls MD. Molecular-Scale Exploration of Mechanical Properties and Interactions of Poly(lactic acid) with Cellulose and Chitin. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:42417-42428. [PMID: 38024724 PMCID: PMC10652380 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
Abstract
Poly(lactic acid) (PLA), one of the pillars of the current overarching displacement trend switching from fossil- to natural-based polymers, is often used in association with polysaccharides to increase its mechanical properties. However, the use of PLA/polysaccharide composites is greatly hampered by their poor miscibility, whose underlying nature is still vastly unexplored. This work aims to shed light on the interactions of PLA and two representative polysaccharide molecules (cellulose and chitin) and reveal structure-property relationships from a fundamental perspective using atomistic molecular dynamics. Our computational strategy was able to reproduce key experimental mechanical properties of pure and/or composite materials, reveal a decrease in immiscibility in PLA/chitin compared to PLA/cellulose associations, assert PLA-oriented polysaccharide reorientations, and explore how less effective PLA-polysaccharide hydrogen bonds are related to the poor PLA/polysaccharide miscibility. The connection between the detailed chemical interactions and the composite behavior found in this work is beneficial to the discovery of new biodegradable and natural polymer composite mixtures that can provide needed performance characteristics.
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- Schrödinger,
Inc., 1540 Broadway, New York, New York10036, United States
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- Schrödinger,
Inc., 01 SW Main St #1300, Portland, Oregon 97204, United States
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- Schrödinger,
Inc., 5820 Oberlin Dr., San Diego, California 92121, United States
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Nishida R, Hirota N, Nagai K. Anti-cluster behavior and its mechanism during water vapor sorption in chitin and chitosan membranes. CARBOHYDRATE POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carpta.2023.100312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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Kovaleva VV, Kuznetsov NM, Istomina AP, Bogdanova OI, Vdovichenko AY, Streltsov DR, Malakhov SN, Kamyshinsky RA, Chvalun SN. Low-filled suspensions of α-chitin nanorods for electrorheological applications. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 277:118792. [PMID: 34893222 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Highly anisometric α-chitin nanoparticles isolated by TEMPO-oxidation were investigated as filler for electrorheological fluids. The dimensions of rod-like particles were determined by AFM and cryo-TEM methods. The rheological behavior of α-chitin nanoparticles in polydimethylsiloxane changes from viscous to elastic under electric field. The yield stress reaches about 220 Pa at 7 kV/mm for 1.0 wt% fluid. Despite the nanosize of particles, the suspensions sedimentation ratio was found to be low (~23%). The electrorheological behavior of the fluids was discussed in terms of the Mason numbers. The stability of fluids response under switching electric field was shown. The activation energy of polarization processes in suspensions was calculated as 58 ± 2 and 64 ± 1 kJ/mol for 0.5 and 1.0 wt% filler content from the impedance spectra. The high aspect ratio (~70) and dielectric permittivity result in high electrorheological activity of α-chitin suspensions at extremely low concentrations (≤1.0 wt%).
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- V V Kovaleva
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia; Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of Russian Academy of Sciences, 70, Profsoyuznaya ul., Moscow 117393, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia; Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of Russian Academy of Sciences, 70, Profsoyuznaya ul., Moscow 117393, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia; Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of Russian Academy of Sciences, 70, Profsoyuznaya ul., Moscow 117393, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9, Institutsky lane, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region 141700, Russia.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1, Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow 123182, Russia; Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of Russian Academy of Sciences, 70, Profsoyuznaya ul., Moscow 117393, Russia.
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Li C, Wu J, Shi H, Xia Z, Sahoo JK, Yeo J, Kaplan DL. Fiber-Based Biopolymer Processing as a Route toward Sustainability. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2105196. [PMID: 34647374 PMCID: PMC8741650 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Some of the most abundant biomass on earth is sequestered in fibrous biopolymers like cellulose, chitin, and silk. These types of natural materials offer unique and striking mechanical and functional features that have driven strong interest in their utility for a range of applications, while also matching environmental sustainability needs. However, these material systems are challenging to process in cost-competitive ways to compete with synthetic plastics due to the limited options for thermal processing. This results in the dominance of solution-based processing for fibrous biopolymers, which presents challenges for scaling, cost, and consistency in outcomes. However, new opportunities to utilize thermal processing with these types of biopolymers, as well as fibrillation approaches, can drive renewed opportunities to bridge this gap between synthetic plastic processing and fibrous biopolymers, while also holding sustainability goals as critical to long-term successful outcomes.
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- Chunmei Li
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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Mendez‐Alpuche AA, Ríos‐Soberanis CR, Rodriguez‐Laviada J, Perez‐Pacheco E, Zaldivar‐Rae JA. Physicochemical Comparison of Chitin Extracted from Horseshoe Crab (
Limulus polyphemus
) Exoskeleton and Exuviae. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202000085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- A. A. Mendez‐Alpuche
- Unidad de Materiales Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán Calle 43, No. 130 Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97200, Mérida, Yucatán México
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- Unidad de Materiales Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán Calle 43, No. 130 Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97200, Mérida, Yucatán México
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- Unidad de Materiales Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán Calle 43, No. 130 Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97200, Mérida, Yucatán México
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- Cuerpo Académico Bioprocesos Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Calkiní en el Estado de Campeche Av. Ah-Canul S/N por Carretera Federal Campeche-Mérida, C.P. 24900, Calkiní, Campeche México
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- Universidad Anáhuac Mayab Carretera Mérida-Progreso Km. 15.5 AP. 96 Cordemex CP. 97310 Mérida Yucatán Mexico
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Li K, Berton P, Kelley SP, Rogers RD. Singlet Oxygen Production and Tunable Optical Properties of Deacetylated Chitin-Porphyrin Crosslinked Films. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:3291-3300. [PMID: 29901993 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kai Li
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
- College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
- College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
- 525 Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 2206, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403, United States
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Khasanah, Reddy KR, Sato H, Takahashi I, Ozaki Y. Intermolecular hydrogen bondings in the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and chitin blends: Their effects on the crystallization behavior and crystal structure of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hernández-Vargas J, González-Campos JB, Lara-Romero J, Prokhorov E, Luna-Bárcenas G, Aviña-Verduzco JA, González-Hernández JC. Chitosan/MWCNTs-decorated with silver nanoparticle composites: Dielectric and antibacterial characterization. J Appl Polym Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/app.40214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Julia Hernández-Vargas
- Chemical Engineering Department; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria; C.P. 58030, Morelia Michoacán México
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- Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria; C.P. 58030 Morelia Michoacán México
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- Chemical Engineering Department; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria; C.P. 58030, Morelia Michoacán México
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN; Libramiento Norponiente # 2000, Fracc. Real de Juriquilla Querétaro Qro. C.P. 76230 México
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN; Libramiento Norponiente # 2000, Fracc. Real de Juriquilla Querétaro Qro. C.P. 76230 México
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- Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria; C.P. 58030 Morelia Michoacán México
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- Biochemical Engineering Department; Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia; Avenida Tecnológico 1500, C. P. 58120 Morelia Michoacán México
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Betzabe Gonzalez-Campos J, Garcia-Carvajal ZY, Prokhorov E, Luna-Barcenas JG, Mendoza-Duarte ME, Lara-Romero J, del Rio RE, Sanchez IC. Revisiting the thermal relaxations of poly(vinyl alcohol). J Appl Polym Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/app.33615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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González-Campos JB, Prokhorov E, Luna-Bárcenas G, Sanchez IC, Lara-Romero J, Mendoza-Duarte ME, Villaseñor F, Guevara-Olvera L. Chitosan/silver nanoparticles composite: Molecular relaxations investigation by dynamic mechanical analysis and impedance spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.21941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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González-Campos JB, Prokhorov E, Luna-Bárcenas G, Fonseca-García A, Sanchez IC. Dielectric relaxations of chitosan: The effect of water on the α-relaxation and the glass transition temperature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.21823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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