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Effectiveness assessment of TiO2-Al2O3 nano-mixture as a filler material for improvement of packaging performance of PLA nanocomposite films

  • Fatima Zohra Yakdoumi and Assia Siham Hadj-Hamou EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: September 22, 2020
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Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 40 Issue 10

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of TiO2-Al2O3 nano-mixture used as filler in improving packaging films performance. Polylactic acid/titanium dioxide (PLA/TiO2), polylactic acid/alumina (PLA/Al2O3) and polylactic acid/TiO2-Al2O3 (PLA/TiO2-Al2O3) nanocomposite films were successfully prepared via melt mixing process and thoroughly characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The properties such as heat resistant, barrier, mechanical and antimicrobial properties, required for food packaging have also been investigated. As compared to the neat PLA film, the developed PLA nanocomposites have displayed superior properties particularly the PLA/ TiO2-Al2O3 nanocomposite film. This resulted material has showed a 22 °C increase in its thermal stability versus 14 and 2 °C in the cases of PLA/TiO2 and PLA/Al2O3 respectively, and a 54% reduction of its water vapor permeability in comparison with 47% for PLA/TiO2 and 39% for PLA/Al2O3. In addition, the PLA/TiO2-Al2O3 had a significant enhancement of its mechanical properties. Its Young modulus increased by 102% unlike 23.60% for the PLA/TiO2 and 44.66% for the PLA/Al2O3. It was also noticed that this nanocomposite film demonstrated stronger antibacterial activity than the two others. The bacterial growth inhibition effect of TiO2-Al2O3 nano-mixture against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli bacteria was more effective than that of its two constituents.

Keywords: alumina; antibacterial activity; nanocomposite; packaging films; polylactic acid; titanium dioxide
Corresponding author: Assia Siham Hadj-Hamou, Laboratoire des Matériaux Polymères, Département de Chimie Macromoléculaire, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32, El Alia, Alger 16111, Algeria, E-mail:

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2020-05-03
Accepted: 2020-08-08
Published Online: 2020-09-22
Published in Print: 2020-11-26

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https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2020-0105
Keywords for this article
alumina; antibacterial activity; nanocomposite; packaging films; polylactic acid; titanium dioxide

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