Preparation and Characterization of beta-Carotene Encapsulated Chitosan, Oleic Acid Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

Author

Divya, P. ; Anbarasan, B. ; Ramaprabhu, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Indian Inst. of Technol. Madras, Chennai, India

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this work β-Carotene encapsulated Chitosan, oleic acid coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles were prepared by modifying solvent displacement technique. Nanoparticles containing β-carotene were produced by interfacial deposition of the metal oxide/polymer nanocomposite, due to the displacement of acetone from the dispersed phase. Between 20 is used as the stabilizing agent, β-carotene was entrapped in the metal oxide/polymeric matrix. Particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), UV-Visible spectroscopy (Uv-Vis), optical microscope (OM). Entrapment efficiency was calculated and In-Vitro release study has been done.

Keywords

X-ray diffraction; iron compounds; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; optical microscopy; organic compounds; scanning electron microscopy; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; β-carotene encapsulated chitosan nanoparticles; Fe₃O₄; SEM; UV-visible spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; XRD; acetone; entrapment efficiency; in-vitro release study; interfacial deposition; metal oxide-polymer nanocomposite; oleic acid coated nanoparticles; optical microscopy; scanning electron microscopy; solvent displacement method; Drugs; Nanoparticles; Optical microscopy; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoscience, Technology and Societal Implications (NSTSI), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bhubaneswar

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2035-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSTSI.2011.6111983

Filename

6111983