Mono- and bilayer biopolymer films: Synthesis and characterisation
2017
Bulut Sandra | Lazić Vera | Popović Senka | Hromiš Nevena | Šuput Danijela
The purpose of this paper is to improve the properties of biopolymer protein monofilms and produce a novel bilayer biopolymer film on the basis of the monofilms analyzed. Biopolymer monolayer films, based on pumpkin oil cake (PuOC) and zein, and a bilayer film, based on PuOC and zein (PuOC/Zein), were produced as a result of the study. The visual, mechanical, physicochemical and structural properties of the films were evaluated. The results obtained showed that the PuOC film exhibited the highest elongation at break, followed by the bilayer film, whereas the zein film showed the lowest elongation at break. However, the zein film showed the highest tensile strength, followed by the PuOC film. The tensile strength of the bilayer PuOC/Zein film was almost 3 times lower than that of the PuOC film, and almost 4 times lower than that of the zein film. The physicochemical properties recorded indicate that the hydrophobic zein film is the least sensitive to moisture, affecting the moisture sensitivity of PuOC film by reducing the moisture content, swelling and total soluble mater of the bilayer PuOC/Zein film. Based on the FTIR spectra, it could be concluded that there are no significant differences between the two sides of the bilayer PuOC/Zein film. Both sides of the bilayer film examined indicated characteristic peaks for protein biopolymer films in the FTIR spectrum.
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