eprintid: 1283 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/00/12/83 datestamp: 2015-08-12 03:37:36 lastmod: 2015-08-12 03:37:36 status_changed: 2015-08-12 03:37:36 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wirach, Taweepreda creators_name: Supawadee, Tuaybut creators_name: Sineenart, Puangmanee creators_name: Tran, Dang Khoa creators_id: khoatd@vnu.edu.vn title: Preparation of Positively Charged Membrane from Natural Rubber Latex Blending with Chitosan ispublished: pub subjects: Phys divisions: fac_physic abstract: Film formation of natural rubber latex (NRL) blended with various concentrations of chitosan was investigated. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images clearly showed that the NRL film covered chitosan phase. Roughness of the films which was calculated from AFM image increases with increasing chitosan concentration. Miscibility of NRL and chitosan in solution was investigated by using dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and found that chitosan incorporated with NRL less than 40 weight percentage (wt%) was partially miscible. Films of the chitosan blending with higher NRL contents exhibited two peaks of glass transition temperatures. Interfacial polarization and dielectric properties of polymer films were improved with increasing NRL contents. Chemical structure of the blends was characterized by using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). date: 2014-09 date_type: published official_url: DOI: 10.15625/0868-3166/24/3S1/5145 full_text_status: none publication: Communication in Physics volume: 24 number: 3S1 pagerange: 51-56 refereed: TRUE issn: 0868-3166 citation: Wirach, Taweepreda and Supawadee, Tuaybut and Sineenart, Puangmanee and Tran, Dang Khoa (2014) Preparation of Positively Charged Membrane from Natural Rubber Latex Blending with Chitosan. Communication in Physics, 24 (3S1). pp. 51-56. ISSN 0868-3166