Structure and mobility of lactose in lactose/sodium montmorillonite nanocomposites

Hellrup, Joel, Holmboe, Michael, Nartowski, Karol P., Khimyak, Yaroslav Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-4128 and Mahlin, Denny (2016) Structure and mobility of lactose in lactose/sodium montmorillonite nanocomposites. Langmuir, 32 (49). 13214–13225. ISSN 0743-7463

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Abstract

This study aims at investigating the molecular level organization and molecular mobility in montmorillonite nanocomposites with the uncharged organic low-molecular-weight compound lactose commonly used in pharmaceutical drug delivery, food technology, and flavoring. Nanocomposites were prepared under slow and fast drying conditions, attained by drying at ambient conditions and by spray-drying, respectively. A detailed structural investigation was performed with modulated differential scanning calorimetry, powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, scanning electron microscopy, microcalorimetry, and molecular dynamic simulations. The lactose was intercalated in the sodium montmorillonite interlayer space regardless of the clay content, drying rate, or humidity exposure. Although, the spray-drying resulted in higher proportion of intercalated lactose compared with the drying under ambient conditions, non-intercalated lactose was present at 20 wt% lactose content. This indicates limitations in maximum load capacity of nonionic organic substances into the montmorillonite interlayer space. Furthermore, a fraction of the intercalated lactose in the co-spray-dried nanocomposites diffused out from the clay interlayer space upon humidity exposure. Also, the lactose in the nanocomposites demonstrated higher molecular mobility than that of neat amorphous lactose. This study provides a foundation for understanding functional properties of nanocomposites, such as loading capacity and physical stability.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Materials (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Materials and Soft Matter
Related URLs:	http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs....
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2016 00:06
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2024 01:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61691
DOI:	10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01967

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