Journal
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 200, Issue -, Pages 498-507Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.08.028
Keywords
Potato starch; Guar gum; Biodegradable polymer; Response surface methodology; FE-SEM; XRD
Categories
Funding
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The composition of potato starch (PS) and guar gum (GG) based biodegradable composite film was optimised based on physical, optical, mechanical and barrier properties. The rotatable central composite design applying desirability function was used to assess the effect of PS (2.5-4.5%), GG (0.2-0.8%) and glycerol (15-35%). The optimisation was performed considering minimization of film solubility, opacity, yellowness index and water vapour permeability; and maximization tensile strength and percentage elongation at break. Viscosity of film forming solution; thickness, moisture content and whiteness index of the films were also evaluated. The optimum value of PS, GG and glycerol was 3.7%, 0.4% and 15% (of total solids), respectively. All the independent variables depicted significant effect on the responses (p < 0.05) except starch which did not exhibit any statistically significant effect on WVP. The structural characterisation of the optimised film was also analysed by FESEM and XRD which point to the semi-crystalline nature of the developed film.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available