Poplar Hot Water Extract Enhances Barrier and Antioxidant Properties of Chitosan/Bentonite Composite Film for Packaging Applications

Polymers

Huiyang Bian¹  Xiaoqian Chen²  Na Liu²  Yingjuan Fu²  Shuzhen Ni²  Mengya Sun² 

[1] Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250353, China;

关键词: chitosan;    poplar hot water extract;    bentonite;    uv blocking ability;    antioxidant activity;    food packaging material;   

DOI  :  10.3390/polym11101614

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Herein, the chitosan-based (CS) composite film was fabricated via a simple and efficient blending approach by adding poplar hot water extract (HWE), bentonite (BT) and chitosan. The addition of HWE largely improved the UV blocking ability and antioxidant properties of the resultant composite film, and simultaneously a tortuous path was constructed within the chitosan matrix to enhance the water vapor and oxygen barriers after the addition of BT. Specially, the content of HWE at 10 wt % gave a greatly decreased UV light transmittance at 280 nm to the CS-BT-HWE composite film that was 99.36% lower than that of CS-BT film, and the oxidation resistance was 9.65 times higher than that of CS-BT. The mechanical properties and surface morphological observation evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning probe microscope (SPM) confirmed the film had a denser structure. The internal chemical structure analyzed using solid state NMR, FTIR and X-ray spectra exhibited the resultant Maillard structure and strong hydrogen bonding that contributed to the improved mechanical properties. Overall, the as-prepared composite film has great potential as food packaging materials, and also provides a high-efficient utilization pathway for HWE.

【 授权许可】

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