Synthesis and Rheological Characterization of Water-Soluble Glycidyltrimethylammonium-Chitosan

Author： Rwei Syang-Peng Chen Yu-Ming Lin Wen-Yan Chiang Whe-Yi

Publisher： MDPI

E-ISSN： 1660-3397|12|11|5547-5562

ISSN： 1660-3397

Source： Marine Drugs, Vol.12, Iss.11, 2014-11, pp. : 5547-5562

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Abstract

In this study, chitosan (CS) grafted by glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride (GTMAC) to form GTMAC-CS was synthesized, chemically identified, and rheologically characterized. The Maxwell Model can be applied to closely simulate the dynamic rheological performance of the chitosan and the GTMAC-CS solutions, revealing a single relaxation time pertains to both systems. The crossover point of G′ and Gʺ shifted toward lower frequencies as the CS concentration increased but remained almost constant frequencies as the GTMAC-CS concentration increased, indicating the solubility of GTMAC-CS in water is good enough to diminish influence from the interaction among polymer chains so as to ensure the relaxation time is independent of the concentration. A frequency–concentration superposition master curve of the CS and GTMAC-CS solutions was subsequently proposed and well fitted with the experimental results. Finally, the sol-gel transition of CS is 8.5 weight % (wt %), while that of GTMAC-CS is 20 wt %, reconfirming the excellent water solubility of the latter.