The Effect of Cross-Linking with Citric Acid on the Properties of Agar/Fish Gelatin Films

Autor: Jone Uranga, Bach T. Nguyen, Trung Trang Si, Pedro Guerrero, Koro de la Caba
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Polymers, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 291 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4360
DOI: 10.3390/polym12020291
Popis: The aim of this work was to assess the effect of fish gelatin−citric acid nucleophilic substitution and agar−citric acid esterification reactions on the properties of agar/fish gelatin films. Since temperature is an important cross-linking parameter, films were treated at 90 °C and 105 °C and film properties were compared to those of non-cured films. It was observed that temperature favored the aforementioned reactions, which induced physical and morphological changes. In this regard, darker films with a rougher surface were obtained for the films with a higher cross-linking degree. While mechanical properties were slightly modified, the barrier properties were enhanced due to the reactions that occurred. Therefore, these agar/fish gelatin films cross-linked through two different reactions can be considered to be promising materials as active films for different purposes, such as active packaging or pharmaceutical applications.
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