Figures & data
Table 1. Height, roughness (Ra, Rq), and surface area difference of the chitosan molecular self-assembly in different chitosan concentrations and 0.05 mg/mL chitosan self-assembly in different KCl, NaCl, MgCl2, and CaCl2 concentrations.
Figure 1. Typical AFM height images and section analysis profiles of chitosan self-assembly in different concentrations in 512 × 512 pixels. Scale bar = 1um.
(a) 0.01 mg/mL; (b) 0.02 mg/mL; (c) 0.05 mg/mL; (d) 0.1 mg/mL.
![Figure 1. Typical AFM height images and section analysis profiles of chitosan self-assembly in different concentrations in 512 × 512 pixels. Scale bar = 1um.(a) 0.01 mg/mL; (b) 0.02 mg/mL; (c) 0.05 mg/mL; (d) 0.1 mg/mL.](/cms/asset/1567f461-8fd2-4de3-8652-c689912691da/ljfp_a_1497062_f0001_oc.jpg)
Figure 2. Typical AFM height images of chitosan self-assembly in KCl solution with different ions concentration in 512 × 512 pixels. Scale bar = 500nm. (a) 0.2 mg/mL; (b) 0.5 mg/mL; (c) 1.0 mg/mL.
![Figure 2. Typical AFM height images of chitosan self-assembly in KCl solution with different ions concentration in 512 × 512 pixels. Scale bar = 500nm. (a) 0.2 mg/mL; (b) 0.5 mg/mL; (c) 1.0 mg/mL.](/cms/asset/d32ffa29-241a-44b9-95fc-c19c90802fea/ljfp_a_1497062_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 3. Typical AFM height images of chitosan self-assembly in NaCl solution with different ions concentration in 512 × 512 pixels. Scale bar = 500nm. (a) 0.2 mg/mL; (b) 0.5 mg/mL; (c) 1.0 mg/mL.
![Figure 3. Typical AFM height images of chitosan self-assembly in NaCl solution with different ions concentration in 512 × 512 pixels. Scale bar = 500nm. (a) 0.2 mg/mL; (b) 0.5 mg/mL; (c) 1.0 mg/mL.](/cms/asset/c494e34e-3110-4121-9187-5c221a47cef5/ljfp_a_1497062_f0003_oc.jpg)