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Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films
Thermoplastic cellulose esters are promising materials for bioplastic packaging. For that usage, it is important to understand their mechanical and surface wettability properties. In this study, a series of cellulose esters are prepared, such as laurate, myristate, palmitate, and stearate. The aim o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10305622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376322 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15122677 |
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author | Kallakas, Heikko Kattamanchi, Tanuj Kilumets, Catherine Tarasova, Elvira Krasnou, Illia Savest, Natalja Ahmadian, Iman Kers, Jaan Krumme, Andres |
author_facet | Kallakas, Heikko Kattamanchi, Tanuj Kilumets, Catherine Tarasova, Elvira Krasnou, Illia Savest, Natalja Ahmadian, Iman Kers, Jaan Krumme, Andres |
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description | Thermoplastic cellulose esters are promising materials for bioplastic packaging. For that usage, it is important to understand their mechanical and surface wettability properties. In this study, a series of cellulose esters are prepared, such as laurate, myristate, palmitate, and stearate. The aim of the study is to investigate the tensile and surface wettability properties of the synthesized cellulose fatty acid esters to understand their suitability as a bioplastic packaging material. Cellulose fatty acid esters are first synthesized from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), then dissolved in pyridine solution, and after the solvent cast into thin films. The cellulose fatty acid ester acylation process is characterized by the FTIR method. Cellulose esters hydrophobicity is evaluated with contact angle measurements. The mechanical properties of the films are tested with the tensile test. For all the synthesized films, FTIR provides clear evidence of acylation by showing the presence of characteristic peaks. Films’ mechanical properties are comparable to those of generally used plastics such as LDPE and HDPE. Furthermore, it appears that with an increase in the side-chain length, the water barrier properties showed improvement. These results show that they could potentially be suitable materials for films and packaging materials. |
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spelling | pubmed-103056222023-06-29 Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films Kallakas, Heikko Kattamanchi, Tanuj Kilumets, Catherine Tarasova, Elvira Krasnou, Illia Savest, Natalja Ahmadian, Iman Kers, Jaan Krumme, Andres Polymers (Basel) Article Thermoplastic cellulose esters are promising materials for bioplastic packaging. For that usage, it is important to understand their mechanical and surface wettability properties. In this study, a series of cellulose esters are prepared, such as laurate, myristate, palmitate, and stearate. The aim of the study is to investigate the tensile and surface wettability properties of the synthesized cellulose fatty acid esters to understand their suitability as a bioplastic packaging material. Cellulose fatty acid esters are first synthesized from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), then dissolved in pyridine solution, and after the solvent cast into thin films. The cellulose fatty acid ester acylation process is characterized by the FTIR method. Cellulose esters hydrophobicity is evaluated with contact angle measurements. The mechanical properties of the films are tested with the tensile test. For all the synthesized films, FTIR provides clear evidence of acylation by showing the presence of characteristic peaks. Films’ mechanical properties are comparable to those of generally used plastics such as LDPE and HDPE. Furthermore, it appears that with an increase in the side-chain length, the water barrier properties showed improvement. These results show that they could potentially be suitable materials for films and packaging materials. MDPI 2023-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10305622/ /pubmed/37376322 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15122677 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kallakas, Heikko Kattamanchi, Tanuj Kilumets, Catherine Tarasova, Elvira Krasnou, Illia Savest, Natalja Ahmadian, Iman Kers, Jaan Krumme, Andres Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films |
title | Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films |
title_full | Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films |
title_fullStr | Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films |
title_full_unstemmed | Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films |
title_short | Tensile and Surface Wettability Properties of the Solvent Cast Cellulose Fatty Acid Ester Films |
title_sort | tensile and surface wettability properties of the solvent cast cellulose fatty acid ester films |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10305622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376322 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15122677 |
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