Characterization of Biopolymer Hydrogels Prepared with Water Exposed to Indirect Plasma Treatment
Żaneta Król-Kilińska, Dominika Kulig, Anna Zimoch-Korzycka, Edward Reszke, Łukasz Bobak, Slaven Jurić, Andrzej Jarmoluk · 2024
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Description
Hydrogels are water-swollen networks used in food, medicine, and farming, built from natural polymers that break down safely. Żaneta Król-Kilińska and co-authors ask what changes when the mixing water is treated indirectly with plasma, a charged gas loading water with reactive species. They made gels from three polymers: gelatin, carrageenan, and sodium alginate. Each gel was measured for acidity, setting temperature, texture, swelling, and color.
Gels made with the treated water came out more acidic, harder, and set at lower temperatures than gels made with distilled water. After forty-eight hours of swelling, the gelatin and alginate gels took up less water, while the carrageenan gel took up more. Spectra confirmed that the treated water changed how the polymers bind water. Microscope images showed shifts in structure, and color changed measurably. Plasma-treated water reshapes these gels in useful ways.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Żaneta Król-Kilińska, Dominika Kulig, Anna Zimoch-Korzycka, Edward Reszke, Łukasz Bobak, Slaven Jurić, Andrzej Jarmoluk |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |