Effect of plasticizer type and essential oils on mechanical
The incorporation of essential oils resulted in films with enhanced antibacterial properties, lower water vapor permeability, and reduced mechanical properties. Practical applications...
Effect of plasticizer type and essential oils on mechanical
The incorporation of essential oils resulted in films with enhanced antibacterial properties, lower water vapor permeability, and reduced mechanical properties. Practical applications Biopolymer-based films have attracted widespread attention as an alternative to plastic packaging.
Effect of plasticizers on the properties of sugar palm
Thus, this study aims to investigate the effects of different plasticizer types (glycerol, sorbitol, and glycerol/sorbitol) and concentrations (1.5, 3.0, and 4.5 wt%) on the mechanical, physical, and antibacterial characteristics of sugar palm nanocellulose reinforced SPS/CEO bionanocomposite films. 2 Materials and methods 2.1 Materials
Effects of Plasticizer and Cinnamon Essential Oil
Whilst, one of the essential oils that gained increasing attention is from cinnamon because of its recently observed antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. In this study, mechanical and water barrier properties of semi-refined iota-carrageenan (SRiC)-based edible film incorporated with cinnamon essential oil were evaluated into two stages.
The effect of plasticizers on the functional properties
Plasticization refers to a change in the thermal and mechanical properties of a given polymer which involves lowering of rigidity at room temperature, lowering of temperature, at which substantial deformations can be affected with not too large forces, increase of the elongation to break at room temperature ( Zhu, Li, Huang, Chen, & Li, 2013 ).
- Do essential oils affect film properties?
- Mentha pulegium and Lavandula angustifolia essential oils were incorporated into the selected film and their effects on the film's characteristics were evaluated. The incorporation of essential oils resulted in films with enhanced antibacterial properties, lower water vapor permeability, and reduced mechanical properties.
- Do essential oils act as plasticizers?
- ... Essential oils also have plasticizing properties when incorporated into biopolymers such as pectin. Thus, glycerol and thyme essential oil may act together as plasticizers . ... ... It seems that the higher amounts of AC incorporated into LDPE somehow react as plasticizer.
- Do essential oils reduce tensile strength and elongation?
- Contrary to these reports, tensile strength and elongation were reported to decrease after adding Mentha pulegium and Lavandula angustifolia essential oils incorporated at 0.5% and 1.5% into pectin-based films (Aitboulahsen, Chairi, et al., 2020; Aitboulahsen, El Galiou, Laglaoui, Bakkali, & Hassani Zerrouk, 2020).
