Synthesis of starch nanoparticles with controlled morphology and various adsorption rate for urea

Xin Pan; Pei Liu; Yiwei Wang; Yan-Ling Yi; Huang-Qin Zhang; Da-Wei Qian; Ping Xiao; Er-Xin Shang; Jin-Ao Duan

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130882

Synthesis of starch nanoparticles with controlled morphology and various adsorption rate for urea

Food Chem. 2022 Feb 1:369:130882. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130882. Epub 2021 Aug 21.

Authors

Xin Pan¹, Pei Liu², Yiwei Wang¹, Yan-Ling Yi¹, Huang-Qin Zhang¹, Da-Wei Qian¹, Ping Xiao¹, Er-Xin Shang¹, Jin-Ao Duan³

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for High Technology Research of TCM Formulae, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
² Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for High Technology Research of TCM Formulae, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China. Electronic address: liupei@njucm.edu.cn.
³ Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for High Technology Research of TCM Formulae, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China. Electronic address: dja@njucm.edu.cn.

PMID: 34481403
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130882

Abstract

Starch nanoparticles (SNPs) with different morphology and particle size can be prepared by modulating the reaction conditions over SNPs preparation. This study was to synthesize various SNPs by using ultrasound assisted nanoprecipitation method, and characterized by particle size analysis, SEM and XRD performing. SNPs were successfully produced via nanoprecipitation and the particle size were controlled in the range of 95 to 150 nm. Moreover, variously different morphologies were obtained when using corn, potato or Trichosanthes kirilowii pulp (TKP) starch to produce nanoparticles, including fiber, flake and film. Results shown film TKP SNPs demonstrated an improved urea adsorption rate to 135.60 mg/g with the highest q_m at 1.00 mg/mL. SNPs can be developed using ultrasound assisted nanoprecipitation method and the particle size together with surface morphology can be varied according to the source of starch and preparation method, while surface morphology is the key factor in altering adsorption performance.

Keywords: Adsorption performance; DMSO; Morphology control; Nanoprecipitation; Starch nanoparticles.

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Nanoparticles*
Particle Size
Starch*
Urea

Substances

Urea
Starch