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| Author(s): |
Germán Ayala Valencia
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Pirassununga. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2017-05-26 |
| Examining board members: |
Paulo José do Amaral Sobral;
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Anjos;
Madeleine Daria Djabourov;
João Borges Laurindo;
Milena Martelli Tosi
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| Advisor: | Paulo José do Amaral Sobral |
| Abstract | |
The environmental problems caused by packaging based on non-biodegradable synthetic materials have lead to a significant increase in studies about biopolymer films. However, these films have limited physicochemical properties due mainly to its sensitivity to ambient relative humidity. Among the alternatives studied to improve the physicochemical properties of these materials is the use of nanoparticles, especially the montmorillonite, which has problems of dispersion in water. Another nanoparticle no so much studied in films based on biopolymers is laponite, which is a synthetic nanoparticle. Thus, this these aims to development and characterize films based on biopolymers (collagen, gelatin and cassava starch), with a nanoparticle (laponite). The effects of biopolymer and laponite concentrations were studied, as well as, the film production method (casting and spreading), besides the quality of laponite dispersion and its relationship with the physicochemical properties of the films were investigated, with special interest on the surface properties. The films were produced by the dehydration of filmogenic-forming solutions (FFS), with 2, 4 or 8 g of biopolymer/100 g FFS; 25 or 30 g glycerol/100g of biopolymer; and 0, 1.5, 3, 4.5 and 6 g of laponite/100g of biopolymer. The laponite was dispersed in water using ultraturrax, at 20,000 rpm, for 30 minutes. The laponite particles in water had sizes smaller than 50 nm. There was not effect of biopolymer concentration and film production method (casting or spreading) on the surface and physicochemical properties studied in the nanocomposite films. X-ray analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed that laponite platelets were exfoliated and/or intercalated in the films, and that there were no formed chemical bonds between laponite platelets and the biopolymers studied. The presence of laponite increased the surface irregularity of the films, especially in those produced with collagen and cassava starch. Other properties in the nanocomposite films, such density, moisture content, color, opacity, thermal properties, mechanical properties, water solubility, water contact angle, sorption isotherms and water vapor permeability were not altered by the presence of laponite. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/24047-3 - Physical properties of films based in biopolymers reinforced with laponite |
| Grantee: | Germán Ayala Valencia |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |