Rheological behavior of acylated pepsin-solubilized collagen solutions: Effects of concentration

• Published in: Korea-Australia rheology journal Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 287 - 295
• Main Authors: Li, Conghu, Duan, Lian, Tian, Zhenhua, Liu, Wentao, Li, Guoying, Huang, Xiaoping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul / Melbourne Korean Society of Rheology, Australian Society of Rheology 01.11.2015; 한국유변학회
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Complex Fluids and Microfluidics; Food Science; Materials Science; Mechanical Engineering; Polymer Sciences; Soft and Granular Matter; 공학일반; collagen; acylated collagen; rheological behavior; model
• ISSN: 1226-119X; 2093-7660
• DOI: 10.1007/s13367-015-0028-6

Effects of concentration on the rheological behavior of acylated pepsin-solubilized collagen solutions were investigated by steady shear tests, dynamic frequency sweep, creep tests and thixotropic loop measurements in this paper. The results showed that both acylated collagen and native collagen solutions exhibited the typical pseudoplastic behavior and displayed shear thinned behavior with the increase of shear rate. With the increase of acylated collagen concentrations from 5 to 10 mg/mL, shear viscosity, elasticity modulus ( G ′), viscous modulus ( G ″), complex viscosity ( η *), and the ability to resist deformation increased due to the physical entanglement, whilst loss tangent (tan δ) decreased. Additionally, with the increase of acylated collagen concentrations, the area of thixotropic loop increased from 6.94 to 44.40 watts/m 3 , indicating that the thixotropy of acylated collagen increased. Compared with native collagen solution, acylated collagen solution had stronger shear viscosity, η *, thixotropy, and ability to resist deformation. Furthermore, Power law model, Carreau model, Cross model, Leonov model and Burger model, were suitable for the fitting of the experimental data.