Crosslinking capacity of tannic acid in plasticized chitosan films

Plasticized and unplasticized chitosan films with tannic acid addition were developed. The crosslinking capacity of tannic acid was studied by evaluating both the structural modification produced on chitosan films and its effect on physicochemical, barrier and mechanical properties. Likewise the cha...

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Autores: Rivero, Sandra G. M., Garcia, Maria Alejandra, Pinotti, Adriana Noemi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/131284
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/131284
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CHITOSAN FILM
CROSSLINKING
FILM MICROSTRUCTURE
STORAGE
TANNIC ACID
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Sumario:Plasticized and unplasticized chitosan films with tannic acid addition were developed. The crosslinking capacity of tannic acid was studied by evaluating both the structural modification produced on chitosan films and its effect on physicochemical, barrier and mechanical properties. Likewise the changes of these properties during the storage were analyzed; formulations containing tannic acid increased 29% tensile strength whereas decreased 24% water vapor permeability. Film solubility decreased at 100 °C, confirming that exposure at high temperatures facilitates the crosslinking process. The presence of tannic acid and glycerol simultaneously showed a synergic effect on the studied properties, all of which presented intermediate behavior in relation to those determined with the addition of either acid or plasticizer. The effect of the storage was also relevant since the films evidenced their tendency to a more stable structure due to the reorganization toward an anhydrous conformation, as was demonstrated by X-ray diffraction and FTIR analysis.