The Moisture Absorption and Retention Abilities of Quaternized Carboxymethyl Chitosan

Author

Miao, Fengping ; Guo, Zhanyong ; Yi, Yuetao ; Yang, Shaoli

Author_Institution

Yantai Inst. of Coastal Zone Res. for Sustainable Dev., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Yantai, China

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Different types of quaternized carboxymethyl chitosans (QCMCs) were prepared in this study. The moisture absorption abilities of each QCMCs were measured at 81% and 43% relative humidity (RH), and the moisture retention abilities were done at 81% RH, at 43% RH and in silica gel. Hyaluronic acid (HA) was used as control in each condition. Results showed that, both at 81% and 43% RH, each QCMCs had better properties both in moisture absorption and retention than HA. And in silica gel, the moisture retention ability of each QCMCs was better than or close to that of HA. Therefore, it is hopeful that certain of the QCMCs would replace HA as the moisture absorption and retention ingredient in cosmetics in the future.

Keywords

gels; humidity; moisture; organic compounds; silicon compounds; sorption; SiO₂; cosmetics applications; hyaluronic acid; moisture absorption; moisture retention ability; quaternized carboxymethyl chitosan; relative humidity; retention ability; silica gel; Absorption; Biological materials; Moisture measurement; Mortar; Ovens; Pollution measurement; Powders; Sea measurements; Silicon compounds; Sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2901-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2902-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163633

Filename

5163633