Preparation of antimicrobial films from agricultural biomass

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Seber, Ayşe Gizem
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Mainly used food packaging materials are petro-chemical based polymers which present environmental problems since they are not biodegradable and ecologically sustainable. In this study, biodegradable biofilms are produced from xylan, extracted from cotton stalk which is an agricultural biowaste without nutritional value. Antimicrobial property was given to the biofilms with either titanium dioxide sol-gel coatings or titanium dioxide powder addition into the biofilm forming solutions. The antimicrobial activities of biofilms were tested against Escherichia coli. Among two different sol-gels coated and at different temperatures dried biofilms, BWX and CSX-50 biofilms treated at 120°C and coated with SiO2/TiO2 showed 88±1% and 75±2% antimicrobial activities, respectively. Same samples treated at the same conditions but coated with non-SiO2 added TiO2 sol-gel yielded 63±3% and 63±2% antimicrobial activities, respectively after 2 h black light illumination. So, it was determined that the highest photocatalytic antimicrobial property was achieved with SiO2/TiO2 coated biofilms. Moreover different concentrations of TiO2 powder were integrated into xylan based biofilms and 100% photocatalytic inactivation was gathered at 5% (w/w) TiO2 addition achieved at both biofilms at the end of 90 min black light illumination. Biodegradability properties of the biofilms were investigated in soil burial test during 180 days and 10% (w/w) TiO2 powder added CSX-50 biofilms were recorded to be 91% biodegradable where non-powder added blank biofilms was found to be 95% biodegradable.
Biotechnology., Biodegradable Film.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611403/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19246
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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A. G. Seber, “Preparation of antimicrobial films from agricultural biomass,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.
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