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ArticlePolymers2020

A Theoretical Multifractal Model for Assessing Urea Release from Chitosan Based Formulations.

Manuela Maria Iftime, Stefan Andrei Irimiciuc, Maricel Agop, Marian Angheloiu, Lacramioara Ochiuz, Decebal Vasincu

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Manuela Maria IftimeRomanian Academy of Sciences, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi, Romania.
Stefan Andrei IrimiciucNational Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics-NILPRP, 409 Atomistilor Street, 077125 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-4592-6814
Maricel AgopDepartment of Physics, "Gh. Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 700050 Iasi, Romania.
Marian AngheloiuCenter for Services and Research in Advanced Biotechnologies, Calugareni, Sanimed International Impex SRL, Road Bucuresti-Magurele, no. 70 F, sector 5, 077125 Bucharest, Romania.
Lacramioara OchiuzUniversity of Medicine and Farmacy Grigore T. Popa Iasi, 700115 Iaşi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6447-0958
Decebal VasincuUniversity of Medicine and Farmacy Grigore T. Popa Iasi, 700115 Iaşi, Romania.
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROGheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași · ROInstitutul de Chimie Macromoleculară Petru PoniNational Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper reports the calibration of a theoretical multifractal model based on empirical data on the urea release from a series of soil conditioner systems. To do this, a series of formulations was prepared by in situ hydrogelation of chitosan with salicylaldehyde in the presence of different urea amounts. The formulations were morphologically characterized by scanning electron microscopy and polarized light microscopy. The in vitro urea release was investigated in an environmentally simulated medium. The release data were fitted on five different mathematical models, Korsmeyer-Peppas, Zero order, First order, Higuchi and Hixson-Crowell, which allowed the establishment of a mechanism of urea release. Furthermore, a multifractal model, used for the fertilizer release for the first time, was calibrated using these empirical data. The resulting fit was in good agreement with the experimental data, validating the multifractal theoretical model.

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chitosanmultifractal theoretical modelmultifunctional materials

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PMID32492849
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