Chitosan solution containing zein and essential oil as bio based coating on packaging paper

Vrabič Brodnjak, Urška (author), Tihole, Katarina (author)

Modifications of the packaging paper surface play an important role in a variety of industries, especially in the food sector. Uncoated paper has poor water and oil barrier properties due to its porous structure. In this study, packaging paper was successfully coated with six different coating solutions containing combinations of chitosan, zein and rosemary essential oil. The chitosan and zein were actually coated in two layers; the mixed chitosan–rosemary oil and the mixed zein–rosemary oil were each applied as one layer to the paper. The results showed increased oil barrier properties in the papers coated with mixed zein–rosemary oil and reduced water permeability in the papers coated with the chitosan–rosemary oil coating solution. The result of this two-layer coating showed excellent water (Cobb60 value of 2.18 g/m$^2$) and oil barrier properties. All the coated papers showed a high thermal stability, especially those coated with chitosan, zein and rosemary oil layer by layer. Scanning electron microscopy was used to verify the surface differences of the coated papers, such as the closed structure, pores and smoother surface, especially in the layer-wise coated samples. Due to their good mechanical and chemical properties, coated papers with rosemary oil can be used in many applications, possibly also in the field of repellents.

• Language: English
• Keywords: dual layer, rosemary oil, absorptiveness, thermogravimetric analysis, properties
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: NTF - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: 13 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 10, iss. 5, art. 497
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-133730
• UDC: 676
• ISSN on article: 2079-6412
• DOI: 10.3390/coatings10050497
• COBISS.SI-ID: 17067523
• Publication date in RUL: 13.12.2021

VRABIČ BRODNJAK, Urška and TIHOLE, Katarina, 2020, Chitosan solution containing zein and essential oil as bio based coating on packaging paper. Coatings [online]. 2020. Vol. 10, no. 5,  497. [Accessed 17 May 2025]. DOI 10.3390/coatings10050497. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=133730

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Coatings
• Shortened title: Coatings
• Publisher: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2079-6412
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523035673

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 22.05.2020

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: dvojna plast, rožmarinovo olje, absorpcija, termogravimetrična analiza, lastnosti