INHOMOGENEOUS POLYSACCHARIDE IONIC GELS
INHOMOGENEOUS POLYSACCHARIDE IONIC GELS
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DOI:
10.1016/0144-8617(89)90030-1
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
SMIDSROD, O
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作者:
SKJAKBRAEK, G;GRASDALEN, H;SMIDSROD, O
Polysaccharide ionotropic gels formed by diffusion of calcium ions into solutions of sodium alginate or pectate exhibited various degree of inhomogeneity, in the sense that the polymer concentration was much higher at the surface than in the center of the gels. This was in contrast to the uniform gels obtained when .kappa.-carrageenan was dialyzed against potassium ions and gellan gum against potassium and lead ions. The non-uniform distribution of polymer in alginate and pectate depended on parameters such as polymer concentration and molecular size, and the concentration of the gel inducing ion in the outer reservoir. For alginate a high fraction of L-guluronate residues slightly increased the inhomogeneity, whereas the presence of non-gelling cations strongly decreased it. A theory, limited to diffusion of reactants in infinite long tubes, compared with relevant experiments, suggested that the gelation was controlled by the relative rate of diffusion of polymer and gelling cations and that the gelling in the absence of non-gelling cations was irreversible and stoichiometric. A new simple technique for generating homogeneous calcium alginate gels by diffusion was also demonstrated.