Interpenetrating network formation in agarose--kappa-carrageenan gel composites

Amici, Eleonora, Clark, Allan H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2965-8941, Normand, Valery and Johnson, Nick B. (2002) Interpenetrating network formation in agarose--kappa-carrageenan gel composites. Biomacromolecules, 3 (3). pp. 466-474. ISSN 1525-7797

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Abstract

Thermal, mechanical, turbidity, and microscope evidence is provided which strongly suggests molecular interpenetrating network (IPN) formation by mixtures of the seaweed polysaccharides agarose and kappa-carrageenan. Over a range of ionic strength, and potassium content, there is no evidence for synergistic coupling of the networks, and simple phase separation (demixing) can definitely be ruled out. At low ionic strength, where the agarose gels first, differential scanning calorimetry evidence shows some influence of the carrageenan on the agarose ordering enthalpy, particularly at higher polymer concentrations. As the potassium level is increased, however, and the order of gelling is reversed, this effect disappears. Cure behavior for the systems at high ionic strength can be described as a simple summation of the pure component contributions. At low ionic strength, on the other hand, the modulus behavior is more complex, suggesting either a modification, in the mixture, of the kappa-carrageenan gelling parameters or a more complex modulus additivity rule.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	calorimetry, differential scanning,carrageenan,gels,materials testing,mechanics,microscopy, electron,nephelometry and turbidimetry,osmolar concentration,potassium iodide,rheology,sepharose,temperature
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2014 15:58
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 01:13
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/46113
DOI:	10.1021/bm010157z

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