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Towards biopolymer platforms via small molecule crosslinking, organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization, and electrospinning
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Towards biopolymer platforms via small molecule crosslinking, organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization, and electrospinning
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Li
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Ji
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1984-
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Ji Li
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QINGRONG
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QINGRONG HUANG
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Lee
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Tung-Ching
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Tung-Ching Lee
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Richard
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Richard Ludescher
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Nanda
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Vikas
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Vikas Nanda
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2013
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2013-05
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eng
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The main objective of this research is to fabricate biopolymer platforms for nutraceutical delivery. Comprehensive physical and chemical tools have been utilized, and the engineered biopolymer platforms are promising to fulfill the demand of nutraceutical human transportation. However, single platform is not able to maintain the performance through varying administration routes. Under such circumstance, this work is driven by the premise to satisfy the multiple administrations of nutraceuticals. The work in this dissertation puts emphasis on the development and characterization of biopolymer-based platforms that enable food scientists better the design nutraceutical ingredients. Multiple approaches, small molecule crosslinking, organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization, polymer blending and electrospinning are leveraged to target chitosan-tripolyphosphate nanoparticle, mPEG-b-PVL star polymer, zein/F127 blend film, and zein electrospun fiber mat. The characterization of engineered platforms shed light on the following aspects: (i) molecular self-assembly at nano scale; and (ii) property and functionality at macro scale. And the structure-property relationship is established based on those two aspects. With controllable performance, biopolymer platforms are convenient to be integrated into product matrix as novel ingredients. Through investigation, it is demonstrated that controllable properties such as particulate gel’s tightness, particle aggregation, solid composite’s flexibility, and fibril organization are achieved by manipulating the nanostructures of biopolymers. The proposed platforms are conventionally extended to a rich variety of disciplines based on the fact that numerous applications in novel food ingredient, medical synthesis, tissue engineering, and product scaling up require the various biopolymer platforms.
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Food Science
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Biopolymers
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Functional foods
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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xxi, 202 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Ji Li
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Electrospinning
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3959G4M
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ETD doctoral
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Ji
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2013-04-15 14:55:11
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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