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- Title
Shaping characteristics in alginate hydrogel encapsulation via a two-fluid spraying method.
- Authors
Seong, Baekhoon; Kim, Jihoon; Jung, Sejin; Kang, Giho; Lee, Jinkee; Byun, Doyoung; Lee, Kwang-Soo; Jang, Hyung-Seok; Ko, Jin Hwan
- Abstract
Recently, an alginate hydrogel containing amphiphilic liposomes was suggested for application to an antifouling coating. In this study, we investigate the shaping characteristics of the alginate hydrogel by a spraying method for application to the coating. Sodium alginate droplets from the spraying nozzle are known to be differently shaped by several external forces during the encapsulation process when such a droplet impacts onto the surfaces of liquid containing calcium ions. We adopted a two-fluid spraying method for fast alginate droplets with a scalable size suitable for mass production. Various shapes, such as mushroom, petal, sphere, and thin-sheet alginate hydrogel shapes containing liposomes, were obtained via this experimental approach. Supported by a theoretical analysis, we determined regimes for the various shapes depending on the droplet size and the concentration of the sodium alginate solution. Alginate hydrogel of different shapes based on the regimes will be used for the coating throughout a different post-processing.
- Subjects
ALGINATES; SPRAYING; LIPOSOMES; CALCIUM ions; HYDROGELS; SODIUM alginate
- Publication
Journal of Coatings Technology & Research, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 5, p1157
- ISSN
1945-9645
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11998-018-0060-9