Abstract
Whey protein isolate (WPI)-coated multilayer films were developed using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film as a substrate. To improve the interfacial compatibility between PET film and water-based WPI coating solution, various surface pretreatments (corona discharge, plasma, and primer coating) were applied to PET. Water contact angles of the plasma-treated PET were significantly decreased by 12.8% related to the untreated PET, suggesting an increment of hydrophilic functional groups. Oxygen transmission rates of surface-pretreated multilayer films with WPI coating layer [PET/WPI/nylon/linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)] were significantly lower, about 43–234 times, than the multilayer films without WPI film layer. In addition, tensile strength of the plasma-pretreated PET/WPI/nylon/LLDPE films was 13.4 and 21.8% higher, elongation at break was 29.7 and 2.6% higher than the corona discharge- and primer-pretreated films, respectively. Taken together, WPI films are promising candidates for replacing synthetic oxygen-barrier materials. Specifically, plasma-pretreated PET/WPI/nylon/LLDPE films have a high potential as high oxygen-barrier packaging materials.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Food Hydrocolloids |
Volume | 80 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Jul |
Keywords
- Corona discharge
- Multilayer film
- Plasma
- Surface coating
- Whey protein
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Food Science
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)