Raquel Fernández*, Connie Ocando, Susana C. M. Fernandes, Arantxa Eceiza, Agnieszka Tercjak
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 49-55, 2015, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2014.634134
Abstract The main goal of this work was the development of photoactive multilayer fi lms. Taking into account that
chitosan is a biodegradable, biocompatible, nontoxic, and antibacterial biopolymer, the fabrication of chitosanbased multilayer fi lms can be an interesting pathway to obtain biopolymer-based fi lms in which properties
can be combined with a light-responsive material, such as an azobenzene-containing polymer. In particular,
the layer-by-layer technique was used for the fabrication of the optically active fi lms consisting of alternating
layers of chitosan and an azopolymer. The infl uence of the pH and the number of bilayers on the structure
and properties… More >
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