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Development of multifunctional chitosan packaging film by plasticizing novel essential oil-based hydrophobic deep
Guangyang Jiang1, Kaiwen He1, Mingrui Chen2
1College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China.
Abstract:
To improve the limited mechanical and water barrier properties of chitosan film while granting extra functionalities simultaneously, present study pioneered the incorporation of chitosan film with newly developed essential oil (EO)-based hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (HDES, EO:octanoic acid (OA), EO:menthol (ME) and OA:ME:EO). The highest tensile strength (66.22 MPa) and elongation at break (45.99 %) were obtained in OA:ME:EO-40 and OA:ME:EO-80 films, respectively. The OA:EO-based films showed excellent and stable hydrophobicity. HDESs also endowed film with additional functionalities including thermal stability, bio-compatibility, controlled release, antioxidant, and antibacterial capacity. The extension of the storage period of strawberry treated with OA:EO-containing films confirmed their preservation ability. Compared with ME:EO and OA:ME:EO, OA:EO had better compatibility with chitosan matrix and could serve as a promising plasticizer for strengthening functionalities of chitosan film. These results also promote application of HDESs as emerging plasticizers in manufacture of other polymer-based packaging film.
