Effect of montmorillonite clay and biopolymer concentration on the physical and mechanical properties of alginate nanocomposite films

Properties of low methoxyl pectin‐carboxymethyl cellulose based on montmorillonite nanocomposite films

“…The decrease in WVP with MMT incorporated has been frequently observed with various polymers such as in the studies of Alboofetileh et al . () and Park et al . ().…”

“…These results were in agreement with those of Tunc & Dumanb () who incorporated MMT into methylcellulose film and Alboofetileh et al . () who incorporated MMT into alginate film. Similar to the present study, at higher content of nanoclay, a pronounced number of aggregated nanoparticles were observed in the poly (ethylene terephthalate) nanocomposite though the X‐ray diffraction (Litchfield & Baird, ).…”

Improvement of physcio-chemical and functional properties of alginate film by Acacia lignin

“…Alginate films have overall appropriate mechanical and optical properties, however, they are sensitive to moisture with poor water and light barrier properties (Al-Hassan & Norziah, 2012;Sirvio et al, 2014). To overcome this problem alginate is blended with different biopolymers, plasticizers and fillers like alginate-pectin (Da Silva, Bierhalz, & Kieckbusch, 2009), montmorillonite clay (Alboofetileh, Rezaei, Hosseini, & Abdollahi, 2013), cellulose nanofibers (Sirvio et al, 2014). In addition, natural antioxidant, antimicrobial agents, flavors and colorants can be amalgamated into packaging materials to expand their functionality, properties and give them novel functions (Norajit et al, 2010).…”

Effects of surface functionalized graphene oxide on the behavior of sodium alginate

“…However, compared with conventional polymers, neat SA exhibits many disadvantages, such as strong hydrophilic character, poor mechanical properties and low thermal stability (Alboofetileh, Rezaei, Hosseini, & Abdollahi, 2013;Sharma, Sanpui, Chattopadhyay, & Ghosh, 2012), which greatly restrict its applications. Thus, an effective approach for improving the situation is needed.…”