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Preparation and protein adsorption of hydrogel polysucrose microspheres
Author(s) -
Hou Xin,
Yang Jing,
Huang Dongge,
Wang Xiaoli,
Yao Kangde
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.25147
Subject(s) - epichlorohydrin , adsorption , chemical engineering , microsphere , suspension polymerization , polymer chemistry , protein adsorption , polymerization , suspension (topology) , materials science , chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chromatography , polymer , organic chemistry , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics , engineering
A series of novel hydrogel polysucrose microspheres with the mean size ranging from 200 to 500 μm were prepared via two‐step method. First, soluble polysucrose was synthesized by solution polymerization between sucrose and epichlorohydrin; second, a reversed phase suspension crosslinking reaction was performed to prepare polysucrose microspheres. The SEM images indicated that these spherical beads had smooth surface and hydrogel interior structure. FTIR was used to characterize the chemical structure of the beads. The hydrated and dry densities, equilibrium water content, and hydroxyl content of polysucrose microspheres were also investigated. The characteristic of high hydroxyl content (15.48–19.04 mmol/g) make these microspheres suitable for protein adsorption. Meanwhile, bovine serum albumin was used to examine the adsorption capacity of the microspheres. These microspheres had a capacity as high as 49.28 mg/g. The adsorption kinetics and recycling of the beads were also investigated. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 5934–5940, 2006