Abstract
Fabrication of oil (hexylsalicylate) encapsulated microcapsules comprising a shell of gum Arabic and fungal chitosan via complex coacervation was investigated herein. This study highlights the influence of the fabrication conditions including the ratio of gum Arabic to chitosan, their net electrokinetic charge/zeta-potential and turbidity on the physico-mechanical properties of the resulting microcapsules. Glutaraldehyde was employed as a chemical cross-linking agent. Three states of the capsules were characterised namely, moist, air-dried and spray-dried using several analytical techniques (SEM, TEM, FTIR, and UV–Vis spectrophotometry). Moreover, the microcapsules were assayed for their mechanical properties including rupture force, nominal stress at rupture, and nominal deformation at rupture, which were determined to be 2.0 ± 0.1 mN, 3.6 ± 0.3 MPa, and 22.7 ± 1.5%, respectively. An encapsulation efficiency (~ 60%) of the oil-based active ingredient and an oil leakage rate (< 10% after one month) in water environments were determined. Such promising results suggest the above mentioned vegetable chitosan-gum Arabic microcapsules to be a potential carrier for the encapsulation of fragrance ingredients, which presents a new opportunity to globally overcome cultural and religious concerns associated with animal sourced products.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 126861 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects |
Volume | 625 |
Early online date | 21 May 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Sept 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors declaring no conflict of interest would like to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ( EP/R512436/1 ), UK & Lambson Ltd, UK for funding the project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Animal-free
- Chitosan
- Complex coacervation
- Micromanipulation
- Perfume microcapsules
- Zeta-potential
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry