Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4754305 | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology | 2017 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
Active blend films from chitosan-gallic acid (CGA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were prepared via a simple mixing and casting method through the addition of citric acid as a plasticizer. The CGA/PVA blend films were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The mechanical properties including tensile strength (TS) and elongation at break (%E), degree of solubility (S) and swelling behavior (DS), water vapor adsorption, and antimicrobial activities of the CGA/PVA blend films with and without LED (light emitting diode)-UV irradiation were also investigated. The CGA/PVA blend films exposed to UV irradiation exerted a higher TS (43.5Â MPa) and lower %E (50.40), S (0.38) and DS (2.73) compared to the CGA/PVA blend films (TSÂ =Â 41.7Â MPa, %EÂ =Â 55.40, SÂ =Â 0.42, and DSÂ =Â 3.16) not exposed LED-UV irradiation, indicating that the cross-linkage between CGA and PVA had been strengthened by LED-UV irradiation. However, the water vapor adsorption in the CGA/PVA blend films increased due to the changes of surface roughness and pore volume after LED-UV irradiation, and all values increased by increasing the CGA concentrations in the CGA/PVA blend films. The antimicrobial activities of the CGA/PVA blend films showed that the efficient concentration of CGA in the CGA/PVA blend films was over 1.0%. Taken together, the CGA/PVA blend films have potential for use as food packing materials.
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Authors
Soon-Do Yoon, Young-Mog Kim, Boo Il. Kim, Jae-Young Je,