期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 213, 期 -, 页码 534-545出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.05.193
关键词
Chitosan; Food-contact packaging; Color properties; Hydrophobicity; Mechanical properties; Overall migration
资金
- National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) [N41A640090]
- Thailand Toray Science Foundation
In this study, chitosan was used to coat cellulose-based paper, resulting in improved wettability and mechanical properties. The chitosan coating also hindered the migration of low molecular residuals. Chitosan-coated paper can be used as a food-contact material.
Cellulose-based paper is an alternative substitution for petroleum-based polymers for packaging applications, but its mechanical performance is poor when in contact with water. Herein, chitosan was applied on cellulose-based paper via a coating approach. The effects of chitosan coatings between none and five layers on the color properties, wettability, thermal properties, mechanical performance, and overall migration in food simulants of the paper were evaluated. After the application of chitosan, chitosan first filled cavities between cellulose fibers within a network, and the chitosan film was formed on the paper surface later. This resulted in a pronounced increase in wettability and mechanical properties associated with a loss of whiteness and an increase in yellowness of the coated paper. The chitosan-coated paper became hydrophobic with a water contact angle of 94.7 +/- 2.8 degrees, and a robust improvement of 156.4% for tensile strength and 114.8% for strain at break was observed for the paper coated with three layers of chitosan in wet conditions in comparison to the uncoated paper. A reduction in the migration of the low molecular residuals from the paper could be hindered by the chitosan coating. These enhanced features revealed that chitosan-coated paper could be used as a food-contact material.
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