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Characteristics of Precipitation-formed Polyethylene Glycol Microgels Are Controlled by Molecular Weight of Reactants
Published on: December 23, 2013
Colloidal competences of any polyethyleneglycol conjugates
C Jianu1, Ileana Cocan, Cristina Rujescu
1Banat's University of Agriculture Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Timisoara Faculty of Food Processing Technology.
Abstract:
The present paper presents research rely on the knowledge of basic colloidal competences (surface tension, critical micelar concentration, HLB value) of certain new structured lipids by accessing "homogeneous" polyoxyethylene chains (n=3-18) (PEGn) monoderivatized R(NF; EH) during processing by cyanoethylation, hydrolysis, and esterification together with fatty acids (R') isolated and characterized from grape seeds (Vitis vinifera) (S), wild chestnut (Aesculus hyppocastanum) (Ca), wild rose (Rosa Canina) (mn), coriander (Coriandri fructus) (Co) in the architecture of the conjugates about foaming and wetting competences. Basic colloidal characterisation aimed at directing future research to optimagrape seed technological directions for agroalimentary and horticultural processing (and not only) among which these structures through synergic cumulus of defining competences of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (1 delta; 2delta; 3delta), of "homogeneous" derivatised polyethyleneoxy chains (PEO) with monitored degree of oligomerization (n=3-18). We thought it useful to access oligomeric chains PEO processed through adapted Williamson synthesis to clearly quantify its role in the global "colloidal fingerprint" of the studied conjugate. On the other hand, polyunsaturated plant lipid residues we selected constitute a variant of valorification by-products from horticultural and/or agroalimentary processing accessible over worldwide geographical areas with differences due to soil and climate conditions and to the cultivars specific to spontaneous and cultivated flora.
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