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7939947 
Journal Article 
Synthesis and molecular characterization of chitosan/alginate blends based polyurethanes biocomposites 
Rizwan, M; Zia, KM; Javaid, MA; Zuber, M; Aftab, W; Rehman, S 
2021 
Yes 
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
ISSN: 0141-8130
EISSN: 1879-0003 
180 
324-331 
English 
33737184 
WOS:000649643500015 
The present work aims to examine the structural properties of polyurethanes bio-composites with mole ratios of alginate and chitosan. For this concern, a two-step reaction mechanism was carried out; in the first step isocyanate (-NCO) terminated pre-polymer was synthesized by the reaction of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI) and hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB). The pre-polymer was further extended with 1,4-butanediol (BDO), chitosan (CS) and alginate (ALG) in the second step. Structural and functional group elucidation was done by using Fourier Transform Infra-red (FT-IR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy. The crystallinity of the prepared samples was investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) method, the maximum observed intensity was 7704 a.u. The thermal properties of polyurethane composites were carried out using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The TGA results showed that thermal stability of RPU-5 was 20 °C more than RPU-1 at each corresponding degradation temperature. It is observed all physical parameters like crystallinity, glass transition temperature, melting point are much dependent on ratio of chain extenders. Overall, CS based samples along with small amount of ALG showed better thermal properties.