CO2 -switchable behavior of chitosan-g-poly[(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] as an emulsifier

Carbohydrate Polymers
Yeong-Tarng ShiehChih-Chia Cheng

Abstract

Chitosan-g-poly[(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] was investigated as a CO2-switchable emulsifier in this study. Poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (PDMAEMA) was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization followed by grafting to chitosan (CS). The CO2-responsiveness and reversible CO2-switchable temperature- and pH-sensitive behavior of PDMAEMA and CS-g-PDMAEMA were investigated as emulsifiers via simple CO2 and N2 bubbling. The lower critical solution temperatures (LCSTs) of PDMAEMA and CS-g-PDMAEMA aqueous solutions both increased as pH decreased to about pH 7.3, at which point the LCSTs disappeared. At elevated temperatures (e.g. 60°C), CO2 bubbling removed the turbidity in CS-g-PDMAEMA aqueous solution and N2 bubbling restored turbidity. The presence of CS-g-PDMAEMA in a two-phase solution of n-butanol/deionized water enabled the formation of a completely emulsified single phase after CO2 bubbling, which reverted to a two-phase solution on N2 bubbling. Overall, CS-g-PDMAEMA has potential as a CO2-switchable emulsifier.

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