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PROCEEDINGS OF PPS-29: THE 29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE POLYMER - CONFERENCE PAPERS
Volume 1593, Issue -, Pages 338-341Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4873795
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microparticles; active PLA films; natural antioxidant; alpha-tocopherol
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In this work we report on the preparation and characterization of a biodegradable active PLA film (aPLA), intended for food packaging applications. The film was obtained by cast extrusion blending a commercial PLA matrix with an active system, developed in our laboratory and based on PLA microparticles containing a-tocopherol (aTCP) as natural antioxidant agent. In order to optimize the film composition and processing, the active microparticles were preliminarily characterized with the aim to evaluate their morphology (size and shape), thermal resistance and a-tocopherol content. The aPLA film, produced with a 5wt% of aTCP, was characterized in terms of performance and activity. The experimental results demonstrated that the aPLA film has mechanical, thermal, barrier and optical properties adequate for packaging applications and shows oxygen scavenging activity and prolonged exhaustion lag time, compared to pure PLA films.
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