@Article{JRM.2014.634105,
AUTHOR = {Nicolas Bordenave, Diana Kemmer, Sonja Smolic, Roland Franz, Florence Girard, Veronique Coma},
TITLE = {Impact of Biodegradable Chitosan-Based Coating on Barrier  Properties of Papers},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {2},
YEAR = {2014},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {123--133},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v2n2/49644},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {Aroma and oxygen-barrier properties of chitosan-coated papers were measured in order to evaluate the 
potential of these materials as biodegradable materials for food packaging. Firstly, two chitosans (Chi-
244 and Chi-652) were studied according to their ultimate biodegradability. Chi-652 showed the best fi nal 
biodegradation rate and was then used for subsequent tests in association with papers. Then, oxygen-barrier 
and aroma-barrier properties of papers, Chi-652 fi lms and Chi-652-coated papers were investigated. The 
Chi-652 fi lms exhibited oxygen-barrier at low relative humidity and aroma-barrier comparable to synthetic 
materials already used in the packaged food industry. Both papers exhibited poor barrier properties toward 
oxygen and aromas. Although chitosan-coated papers showed promising results in regard to the aromabarrier performance of papers, it did not improve their oxygen-barrier properties, probably because of the 
impact of the coating process on the tri-dimensional structure of the papers.},
DOI = {10.7569/JRM.2014.634105}
}