TY  - EJOU
AU  - Bordenave, Nicolas 
AU  - Kemmer, Diana 
AU  - Smolic, Sonja 
AU  - Franz, Roland 
AU  - Girard, Florence 
AU  - Coma, Veronique 

TI  - Impact of Biodegradable Chitosan-Based Coating on Barrier  Properties of Papers
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2014
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - 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.
KW  - Chitosan
KW  -  coated paper
KW  -  oxygen transfer
KW  -  biodegradability
KW  -  aroma transfer

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2014.634105