This study investigates alginate− chitosan polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) in the form of a
film, a precipitate, as well as a layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. The focus of this study is to …

Biomaterials based on polyelectrolyte complexation are an innovative concept of coatings
and packaging production to be applied in a wide range of food products. The aim of this …

Chitosan and alginate are two polyelectrolytes that can be used as thickening agents in the
food industry, in drug‐release systems in pharmaceutical applications as biomaterials in …

We report here the self-assembled structures of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) of
polyanionic sodium alginate with the polycationic chitosan at room temperature. The PECs …

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) of alginate and chitosan were formed by addition of 0.1%
alginate solution (pH∼ 6.5) to 0.1% chitosan solution (pH∼ 4.0), and by adding the chitosan …

The interaction between macromolecular chains of gelatin and anionic polysaccharide
sodium alginate during the formation of polyelectrolyte complexes was examined using UV …

Abstract Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy
was used to examine the impact of hydrogen bonding on the reactive amine and hydroxyl …

The interpolyelectrolyte reaction between chitosan (CHI) and alginate (ALG) was followed
by conductimetry and potentiometry. Five chitosan samples, all with almost the same degree …

The preparation of chitosan–alginate nanospheres is described and their properties
compared to the poly-l-lysine–alginate system. The mass ratio range of sodium alginate …

When chitosan is associated to simple carboxylic acids, such as formic, acetic, etc.,
electrostatic interactions occur, resulting in a salt formation, to a greater or lesser degree …