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ArticlePolymers2022

Simple, One-Pot Method for Preparing Transparent Ethyl Cellulose Films with Good Mechanical Properties.

Gabrijela Horvat, Klara Žvab, Željko Knez, Zoran Novak

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gabrijela HorvatFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ul.17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
Klara ŽvabFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ul.17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
Željko KnezFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ul.17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-8760-607X
Zoran NovakFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ul.17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-6677-0743
University of Maribor · SI

Funding

Slovenian Research Agency 1000-11-860046Slovenian Research Agency 1000-15-0552Slovenian Research Agency Z2-3200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this research, ethyl cellulose films were prepared by a simple, easy, controlled one-pot method using either ethanol or ethyl lactate as solvents, the films being formed at 6 °C. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles were incorporated to improve the oxygen transmission and water vapour transmission rates of the obtained films. This method used no plasticizers, and flexible materials with good mechanical properties were obtained. The resulting solvent-free and transparent ethyl cellulose films exhibited good mechanical properties and unique free-shapable properties. The obtained materials had similar properties to those reported in the literature, where plasticizers were incorporated into ethyl cellulose films with an elastic modulus of 528 MPa. Contact angles showed the hydrophobic nature of all the prepared materials, with contact angles between 80 and 108°. Micrographs showed the smooth surfaces of the prepared samples and porous intersections with honeycomb-like structures. The oxygen and water vapor transmission rates were the lowest for the ethyl cellulose films prepared in ethyl lactate, these being 615 cm

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ethyl cellulosefilm formationfood packagingplasticizers

Identifiers

PMID35745974
PMCPMC9228318
OpenAlexW4282831164

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