Polyelectrolyte Complexation versus Ionotropic Gelation for Chitosan-Based Hydrogels with Carboxymethylcellulose, Carboxymethyl Starch, and Alginic Acid

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Anionic polymer/CS ratio</td><td class="align_center">Zeta potential (mV) ionotropic gelation + polyelectrolyte complexation</td><td class="align_center">Zeta potential (mV) polyelectrolyte complexation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CMC/CS, 200</td><td class="align_center">−394</td><td class="align_center">−962</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CMS/CS, 320</td><td class="align_center">−134</td><td class="align_center">−636</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">AA/CS, 50</td><td class="align_center">330</td><td class="align_center">−786</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">AA/CS, 300</td><td class="align_center">−37</td><td class="align_center">−1750</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Zeta potential for samples made by polyelectrolyte complexation and ionotropic gelation-polyelectrolyte complexation.</div>

International Journal of Chemical Engineering

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Table 1: Polyelectrolyte Complexation versus Ionotropic Gelation for Chitosan-Based Hydrogels with Carboxymethylcellulose, Carboxymethyl Starch, and Alginic Acid 

Table 1 | Polyelectrolyte Complexation versus Ionotropic Gelation for Chitosan-Based Hydrogels with Carboxymethylcellulose, Carboxymethyl Starch, and Alginic Acid 