Electrical conductivity,impedance, and percolation behavior of carbon nanofiber and carbon nanotube containing gellan gum hydrogels

The electrical impedance behavior of gellan gum (GG), GG–carbon nanotube, and GG–carbon nanofiber hydrogel composites is reported. It is demonstrated that the impedance behavior of these gels can be modeled using a Warburg element in series with a resistor. Sonolysis (required to disperse the carbon fillers) does not affect GG hydrogel electrical conductivity (1.2 ± 0.1 mS/cm), but has a detrimental effect on the gel's mechanical characteristics. It was found that the electrical conductivity (evaluated using impedance analysis) increases with increasing volume fraction of the carbon fillers and decreasing water content. For example, carbon nanotube containing hydrogels exhibited a six‐ to sevenfold increase in electrical conductivity (to 7 ± 2 mS/cm) at water content of 82%. It is demonstrated that at water content of 95 ± 2% the electrical behavior of multiwalled nanotube containing hydrogels transitions (percolates) from transport dominated by ions (owing to GG) to transport dominated by electrons (owing to the carbon nanotube network). © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 864–871     

Rheokinetic study of gel-breaking process of xanthan gum solution

The dynamic rheological behavior of xanthan gum (XG) during the gel-breaking process was studied in this work. Both experimental and numerical simulations were adopted to investigate the effects of temperature and added salt on the gel-breaking process. The results showed that the gel-breaking reaction is slowed down by the added salt, while temperature has a positive influence on the chemical degradation of XG. The novel rheokinetics equations were established to describe the gel-breaking process of XG and the simulated values are in good agreement with experimental data. The changes of the model parameters with respect to temperature and added salt are consistent with the experimental results obtained with rheometer, which verifies the feasibility of the established rheokinetics equations for characterizing the gel-breaking reaction of XG.     

Synthesis,characterization, and hoping transport properties of HCl doped conducting biopolymer‐co‐polyaniline zwitterion hybrids

A series of electrically conductive zwitterion hybrid materials were facilely synthesized with anionic acacia gum (AG) and cationic HCl doped polyaniline (PANI) through radical copolymerization method. A representative acacia gum‐polyaniline hybrid (AG‐PANI) was characterized using UV‐vis, FTIR, ¹H NMR, and SEM. HCl doped AG‐PANI possesses zwitterion character due to the presence of NH on PANI and ? COO^? of AG. The cyclic voltammogram of AG‐PANI showed three anodic peaks at 0.20 V, 0.58 V, and 0.64 V along with two cathodic peaks at 0.50 V and 0.40 V with large capacitive background currents. AG‐PANI exhibited electrical conductivity that was found dependent on the ratio of aniline to AG, temperature, and pH. Its electrical conductivity versus temperature plot indicated Mott's nearest‐neighbor hopping mechanism at the temperature range 83–323 K. The hybridization of AG and PANI yielded eco‐friendly advanced functional materials for technological applications. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Development of sterculia gum based wound dressings for use in drug delivery

The present study deals with the modification of sterculia gum to develop the novel wounds dressing for the delivery of antimicrobial agent (tetracycline hydrochloride). The sterculia crosslinked PVA (sterculia-cl-PVA) hydrogels were characterized by FTIR and swelling studies. For the evaluation of swelling and drug release mechanism, the swelling kinetics and in vitro release dynamics of model drug from this matrix were studied in solution of different pH and simulated wounds fluid. Per gram of polymer has taken (8.3 ± 0.1) g of simulated wounds fluid and has released (0.820 ± 0.6) mg of drug in the simulated fluid. The value of the ‘n’ (0.84) indicates the non-Fickian diffusion mechanism for the release of drug in simulated fluids.     

Viability of Biopolymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Xanthan gum and scleroglucan are assessed as environmentally friendly enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agents. Viscometric and interfacial tension measurements show that the polysaccharides exhibit favorable viscosifying performance, robust shear tolerance, electrolyte tolerance, and moderate interactions with surfactants. Non-ionic surfactants and anionic surfactants bind to xanthan gum and transform the backbone conformation from a strong helix to a more flexible structure, reducing the viscosifying efficacy of xanthan. In contrast, non-ionic surfactants and anionic surfactants bind to scleroglucan and increase the viscosifying efficacy by non-electrostatic interactions or imparted electrostatic effects. The two polysaccharides are technically viable as viscosifying agents in typical EOR injection fluid formulations.     

田菁胶的化学改性及应用研究进展

综述了田菁胶化学改性研究的进展,包括田菁胶的基本组成、主要性质及田菁胶化学改性的原理和方法,并在此基础上列举了田菁胶及其改性产物的工业应用,预测了田菁胶化学改性及应用的发展前景．     

阳离子瓜尔胶与黄原胶的凝胶化性能研究

阳离子瓜尔胶 3 氯 2 羟丙基三甲基氯化铵与黄原胶共混产生协同效应 ,生成凝胶 .研究了共混比例r =m(CG 40 )∶m(黄原胶 ) ,共混温度 ,体系盐离子浓度 ,恒温时间及 pH值对凝胶化的影响 .结果表明 ,当多糖总浓度为 4% ,共混比例为 2 0∶80 ,共混温度为 60℃ ,盐离子浓度为 1.0mol·L-1,恒温时间为 3 0min时 ,可达最大凝胶强度值 ;最适 pH值为 7.0 .并从FTIR谱图上分析了这两种多糖共混凝胶化的作用机理     

Effects of the thermal history and concentration on the aggregation of Erwinia gum in an aqueous solution

The aggregation of Erwinia (E) gum in a 0.2 M NaCl aqueous solution was investigated by multi‐angle laser light scattering and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) combined with light scattering. The GPC chromatograms of five fractions contained two peaks; the fractions had the same elution volume but different peak areas, suggesting that aggregates and single chains coexisted in the solution at 25 °C. The apparent weight‐average molecular weights (M_w) of the aggregates and single chains for each fraction were all about 2.1 × 10⁶ and 7.8 × 10⁴, respectively. This indicates that the aggregates were composed of about 27 molecules of E gum in the concentration range used (1.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 5.0 × 10⁻⁴ g/mL). The weight fraction of the aggregates (w_ag) increased with increasing concentration, but the aggregates still existed even in an extremely dilute solution. The fractionation process and polymer concentration hardly affected the apparent aggregation number but significantly changed w_ag. The E‐gum M_w decreased sharply with an increase in temperature. When the E‐gum solution was kept at 100 °C, w_ag decreased sharply for 20 h and leveled off after 100 h. Once the aggregates were decomposed at a higher temperature, no aggregation was observed in the solution at 25 °C, indicating that the aggregation was irreversible. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 1352–1358, 2000     

压裂用纳米交联剂的研究进展

为解决传统的水力压裂存在的胍胶用量大、pH依赖强等问题,利用纳米材料传统有机交联剂结合,制备出纳米交联剂。现对中外关于压裂用纳米交联剂的相关报道进行了总结,论述了压裂用纳米交联剂的制备方法、性能评价和交联机理研究,并在此基础上阐明了压裂用纳米交联剂存在的问题及未来发展方向。     

田菁胶负载钯催化Heck反应的研究

通过较简单的方法合成了田菁胶负载钯化合物,利用XPS、IR、TG、DTA和TEM等手段对其进行了表征.该化合物在空气氛围中就能很好地催化丙烯酸、苯乙烯和丙烯酰胺与芳基碘的Heck反应,高产率(≥85 % )且立体选择性地生成取代的反式肉桂酸、1,2- 二苯乙烯和肉桂酰胺.化合物具有较好的重复使用性能.催化剂中起催化作用的是金属态的钯.