Journal
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AND INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING (RESIM 2016)
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages 59-65Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.008
Keywords
food packaging; electrospinning; anti-oxidant
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- COST Action through a Short Term Scientific Mission [FA0904]
- FCT (Portugal) [UI 4044]
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The development of advanced formulations used for food packaging applications, which behave as protection or preservation materials and improve consumers' health offers a route to reduced food wastage. The present study deals with investigations on the possibility of obtaining functionalized coatings by electrospinning of poly(epsilon-caprolactone), a synthetic biodegradable polymer together with vitamin E(alpha-tocopherol), selected as plant-based phenolic antioxidant. In this approach electrospinning allows the production of high surface area materials and thus offering an increased antioxidant activity. The electrospun fibres of poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/vitamin E were obtained, studied and their antioxidant properties were evaluated by measuring the fibre reactivity with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical. The potential for extending the shelf-life of food products by using this approach is discussed.
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