Response surface methodology model to optimize concentration of agar, alginate and carrageenan for the improved properties of biopolymer film
Response surface methodology model to optimize concentration of agar, alginate and carrageenan for the improved properties of biopolymer film
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Date
2021-06-30
Authors
Parthiban Fathiraja
Sugumar Gopalrajan
Masilan Karunanithi
Muralidharan Nagarajan
Mohan Chitradurga Obaiah
Sukumar Durairaj
Neethiselvan Neethirajan
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The present study intended to develop improved biopolymer film from seaweed polysaccharides.
The quantity optimization of polysaccharides for the composite film
was sought by empirical response surface methodology. To achieve the goal, Box–
Behnken model was applied to the concentration of three independent variables, viz.
agar (1.0–2.0% w/v), alginate (1.0–2.0% w/v) and carrageenan (1.0–2.0% (w/v). The
glycerol was used as a plasticizer and kept constant (25% w/w) for total solid mass.
The overall desirability function fits with the quadratic model at 99.78% level of
significance for the optimization of agar (1.99% w/v), alginate (1.45 w/v) and carrageenan
(2.0% w/v) to reach minimum water vapor permeability and maximum
tensile strength, elongation at break and puncture resistance. The absolute residual
error (1.04–3.37%) of experimental and predicted response was also validated.
Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed the
interactions such as stretching at 2900 cm−
1 region corresponded to C–H stretching
vibration and an intensity peak observed at 1200 cm−
1 of AAC film corresponded to
sulfate ester groups. The shift in crystalline nature of composite film was confirmed
by XRD. The 3D image of atomic force microscopy showed layer-by-layer assembly
of intermolecules at 310-nm resolution, and the characterized smooth surface has
more functional application. The carrageenan and agar are found to be more responsible
for the film properties such as moisture content, thickness, whiteness index,
transparency, swelling and erosion than alginate.
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Polymer Bulletin (2022) 79:6211–6237 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-021-03797-5