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26 April 2018 Evidence of the layer structure formation of chitosan microtubes by the Liesegang ring mechanism
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Abstract
In the work, an experiment was performed to simulate the process of chitosan microtube formation through the interphase polysalt → polybase chemical reaction, on the one hand, and the formation of spatially separated structures under the conditions of reactive diffusion of one of the components, on the other hand. The formation of alternating dark and light bands or concentric rings of the chitosan polybase as a result of the polymer-analogous transformation is visualized by optical microscopy. The results obtained confirm our assumption that the layered structure of our chitosan microtubes is formed according to the Liesegang reaction mechanism.
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T. S. Babicheva, N. O. Gegel, and A. B. Shipovskaya "Evidence of the layer structure formation of chitosan microtubes by the Liesegang ring mechanism", Proc. SPIE 10716, Saratov Fall Meeting 2017: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine XIX, 107161X (26 April 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2315117
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KEYWORDS
Diffusion

Polymers

Chemical reactions

Ions

Visualization

Scanning electron microscopy

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