Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Simulation of Chitosan-Citral Microcapsules.

Wensheng Wu, Zhiwei Li, Dachun Feng, Qing Tang, Shuijiao Liu, Wenjing Lin

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Encapsulation of Citral by Sodium Carboxymethyl Starch and Sodium Caseinate: Antibacterial Activity Characterization and Evaluation.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Wensheng WuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Health and Land Resource, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China.

Zhiwei LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Health and Land Resource, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7962-7636

Dachun FengCollege of Information Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China.

Qing TangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Health and Land Resource, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China.

Shuijiao LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Health and Land Resource, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China.

Wenjing LinSchool of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4715-9839

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Guangdong Provincial Department of Education Ordinary Universities Characteristic Innovation Project 2020KTSCX158Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Health and Land Resource 2020B121201014National College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program 202010580015Project of Education Department of Guangdong Province 2018KQNCX288

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Abstract

In this paper, the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) method is used to simulate the self-assembly process, appearance, mesoscopic structure, and wrapping properties of microcapsules formed with citral as the core material and chitosan and sodium alginate as the single-wall materials, and with citral as the core material and chitosan-sodium alginate, chitosan-methylcellulose, sodium alginate-chitosan, and sodium alginate-methylcellulose as the double-wall materials. The effects of chitosan content and wall material composition on the structure, morphology, encapsulation performance, and stability of microcapsules are compared and analyzed. In addition, the microcapsules are deeply analyzed by using the mesoscopic structure, radial distribution function, and diffusion coefficient. This study provides a new idea and method for the preparation of citral microcapsules, and is of great significance for the design and development of new composite wall microcapsules.

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chitosandissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulationmicrocapsules

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PMID40076170

DOI10.3390/polym17050678

PMCPMC11902801

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