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Comparative performance and barrier properties of biodegradable thermoplastics and nanobiocomposites vs. PET for food packaging applications

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dc.creator Cava, David
dc.creator Giménez, Enrique
dc.creator Gavara, Rafael
dc.creator Lagarón Cabello, José María
dc.date 2008-02-25T10:36:35Z
dc.date 2008-02-25T10:36:35Z
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:22Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:22Z
dc.identifier Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings May 1-5 2005
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3054
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3054
dc.description This article reports on preliminary studies of several comparative packaging properties between polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging films and biodegradable biopolymers such as polycarpolactone (PCL), polylacticacid (PLA), amorphous PLA (aPLA), and polyhydroxyalcanoates copolymer with 8 mol% valeriate (PHBV) and of some nanobiocomposites, in terms of thermal and retorting resistance (thermal humid processes) and oxygen, water vapor, aroma, and solvent barrier by means of time-resolved synchrotron radiation, FT-IR and direct permeation methods. This work suggests that while PHBV can easily withstand retorting and shows excellent water and aroma (limonene and linalool) barriers compared with PET, its solvent resistance (toluene and ethanol) and oxygen barrier properties are poorer. First trials with compression molded food contact complying nanobiocomposites of PCL and aPLA show enhanced oxygen barrier but not sufficient, as yet, to outperform high-oxygen-barrier grades of PET film.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Society of Plastics Engineers
dc.subject Biodegradable thermoplastics
dc.subject Barrier properties
dc.subject Nanobiocomposites
dc.subject Food Packaging
dc.subject PET
dc.subject PCL
dc.subject PLA
dc.subject PHBcoV
dc.title Comparative performance and barrier properties of biodegradable thermoplastics and nanobiocomposites vs. PET for food packaging applications
dc.type Artículo


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