Water extractable arabinoxylan aerogels prepared by supercritical CO2 drying

Molecules. 2013 May 14;18(5):5531-42. doi: 10.3390/molecules18055531.

Abstract

Water extractable arabinoxylan (WEAX) aerogels were prepared by extracting the solvent from the alcogels (WEAX hydrogels with an alcohol as the solvent) with carbon dioxide under supercritical conditions. WEAX aerogels were characterized using scanning electron microscopy and adsorption and desorption nitrogen isotherms. The micrographs indicate a heterogeneous porous network structure in WEAX aerogel. Adsorption/desorption nitrogen isotherms of this material were type IV, which confirm that this material possess a mesoporous structure. WEAX aerogels rehydration capability was evaluated and the water absorption mechanism was determined. The WEAX aerogels water absorption mechanism was non-Fickian (n = 0.54).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Gels / chemistry
  • Porosity
  • Water / chemistry*
  • Xylans / chemistry*

Substances

  • Gels
  • Xylans
  • Water
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • arabinoxylan