High-Throughput Fabrication of Antibacterial Starch/PBAT/AgNPs@SiO2 Films for Food Packaging
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Starch/PBAT/AgNPs@SiO2 (SPA) Films
2.3. Characterization of Films
2.3.1. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
2.3.2. Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy
2.3.3. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
2.3.4. Oxygen Permeability (OP)
2.3.5. Water Vapor Permeability (WVP)
2.3.6. Water Contact Angle (WCA)
2.3.7. Mechanical Properties
2.3.8. Antimicrobial Activity
2.4. Preliminary Packaging Studies on Peach and Nectarine
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphology
3.2. ATR-FTIR
3.3. DSC
3.4. Mechanical Properties
3.5. Barrier Properties
3.6. Surface Hydrophilicity
3.7. Antimicrobial Activity
3.8. Preliminary Packaging Studies on Peach and Nectarine
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Mechanical Properties | Barrier Properties | ||
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TS (MPa) | EAB (%) | WVP (×10−11 g·m·m−2·s−1·Pa−1) | OP (×10−14 cm3·cm·cm−2·s−1·Pa−1) | |
SPA-0 | 10.27 ± 0.55 a,b | 656.63 ± 11.98 a | 3.58 ± 0.07 b | 6.26 ± 0.02 b |
SPA-1 | 10.91 ± 0.66 b | 646.53 ± 7.39 a | 3.09 ± 0.08 a | 5.37 ± 0.20 a |
SPA-2 | 11.29 ± 0.45 b | 774.40 ± 76.69 b | 3.07 ± 0.12 a | 5.48 ± 0.32 a |
SPA-3 | 10.30 ± 0.45 a,b | 760.00 ± 37.76 b | 3.09 ± 0.17 a | 5.48 ± 0.53 a |
SPA-4 | 9.64 ± 0.68 a | 751.00 ± 21.96 b | 3.14 ± 0.04 a | 6.31 ± 0.08 b |
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Zhou, S.; Zhai, X.; Zhang, R.; Wang, W.; Lim, L.-T.; Hou, H. High-Throughput Fabrication of Antibacterial Starch/PBAT/AgNPs@SiO2 Films for Food Packaging. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113062
Zhou S, Zhai X, Zhang R, Wang W, Lim L-T, Hou H. High-Throughput Fabrication of Antibacterial Starch/PBAT/AgNPs@SiO2 Films for Food Packaging. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):3062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113062
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Shengxue, Xiaosong Zhai, Rui Zhang, Wentao Wang, Loong-Tak Lim, and Hanxue Hou. 2021. "High-Throughput Fabrication of Antibacterial Starch/PBAT/AgNPs@SiO2 Films for Food Packaging" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 3062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113062