Optimum Blend of Chitosan and Poly-(ε-caprolactone) for Fabrication of Films for Food Packaging Applications

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1179-1185

  Joseph, C Swapna ^a   Prashanth, K V Harish ^a   Rastogi, N K ^a   Indiramma, A R ^a   Reddy, S Yella ^a   Raghavarao, K S M S ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Chitosan; DSC; Film properties; FTIR; Polycaprolactone; Polyester blends

Indexed keywords

BLENDED FILMS; CAPROLACTONE; CARBONYL GROUPS; CHITOSAN FILM; DSC; FILM PROPERTIES; FOOD PACKAGING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; FTIR; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; PERCENTAGE ELONGATION; POLYESTER BLENDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PACKAGING MACHINES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 80051548391     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-009-0203-1     Document Type: Article

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