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ArticleFood science and biotechnology2025

Preparation and characteristic evaluation of LDPE/clay nanocomposites for food packaging.

Ji-Yoon Lee, Chan-Ick Cheigh, Myong-Soo Chung

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Article in Food science and biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Ji-Yoon LeeDepartment of Food Science and Biotechnology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760 South Korea.
Chan-Ick CheighDepartment of Food and Food Service Industry, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, 37131 South Korea.
Myong-Soo ChungDepartment of Food Science and Biotechnology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760 South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9666-2513

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The characteristics of LDPE/clay nanocomposites, consisting of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), organic clay [montmorillonite (MMT)], and compatibilizer [maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (MAPE)] at varying concentrations, were investigated in terms of mechanical, thermal, morphological, and barrier characteristics for potential use in food packaging. LDPE/clay nanocomposites exhibited superior mechanical properties, encompassing tensile, flexural, and Izod impact strengths, relative to pure LDPE. Thermal analysis evidenced that the degradation temperatures increased as clay concentration increased. According to the X-ray diffractograms, the MAPE incorporation was found to improve the compatibility between pure LDPE and clay. Additionally, the clay incorporation increased the path length for gas molecules, resulting in a significant reduction in the oxygen permeability of pure LDPE.

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CharacterizationClayFood packagingLDPENanocomposite

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PMID40655281
PMCPMC12240920

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