A novel crosslinked hydrogel was prepared from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) using ammonium persulfate as an initiator and methylenebisacrylamide as a crosslinker for drug delivery. The chemical structure of the copolymer was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, and the morphology was observed under scanning elec...

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a suitable material for biomedical applications due to its remarkable proprieties, such us: biodegradability, biocompatibility and ready availability. In this paper the swelling and drug release profiles from bacterial cellulosecarboxymethyl cellulose (BC-CMC) composite hydrogels were investigated, in the aim to use such systems in controlled drug delivery field. Ibu...

Cellulase was immobilized onto silica gel surfaces pretreated with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxy-silane (3-APTES), and glutaraldehyde (GA) was used as a cross-linker. A carboxymethyl cellulose sodium salt (CMC) solution was used for activity experiments. Protein assay was performed to determine the mass immobilized and compare with free enzyme. Cellulase was successfully demonstrated to be immobili...

The surface properties and mixed micellization behaviour of single gemini bis(hexadecyldimethylammonium) pentane dibromide (G5) surfactant, three conventional surfactants (Cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and nonioinic Polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether (Brij35)) and their equimolar binary mixtures have been investigated by surface tension and ...

Fiber-shaped supercapacitors are attractive as an energy storage unit due to their excellent flexibility. However, fabricating robust fibers with large yields remains a challenge. In this work, we prepare flexible core-sheath via coaxial extrusion printing. Carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt (CMC) slurry controlled rheological properties is extruded from the outer channel, while graphene oxide ...

Abstract Nowadays, as the oil reservoirs reaching their half-life, using enhanced recovery methods is more necessary and common. Simulations are synthetic process of real systems. In this study, simulation water surfactant injection into a porous media containing (two-phase) was performed computational fluid dynamics method on image micro-model. Also, selected anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate, wh...

The effects of the composition and rheology of the fermentation medium on the antibiotic production by Streptomyces hygroscopicus CH-7 were studied. To increase the yields of hexaene H-85 and elaiophylin, the basic fermentation medium was reformulated using different carbon (glucose, lactose, ribose, fructose and trehalose) and nitrogen (isatin-Schiff bases) sources. The maximum yields of hexae...

Large quantities (>3 g) of a new series of alkyl uronates were synthesized in two steps from commercial methyl hexopyranosides. Firstly, several tens of grams of free methyl α-d-glucopyranoside were selectively and quantitatively oxidized into corresponding sodium uronate using 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy free radical (TEMPO)-catalyzed oxidation. Hydrophobic chains of different length ...

Water-soluble AstaSana astaxanthin (AST) was loaded into 75/25 blend films made of polysaccharides (carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), gum Arabic (GAR), starch sodium octenyl succinate (OSA), water-soluble soy (WSSP)) and gelatin (GEL) at levels 0.25, 0.5, 1%, respectively. Due to the presence granules in AST formulation, supplemented exhibited increased surface roughness as compared AST-free films...