Mariana Altenhofen da Silva

TL;DR: The use of natural and/or biodegradable plasticizers, with low toxicity and good compatibility with several plastics, resins, rubber and elastomers in substitution of conventional plasticizers attracted the market along with the increasing worldwide trend towards use of biopolymers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the influence of the plasticizer (glycerol) concentration (1-15% w/v) in this finishing reticulation step on final films characteristics, which indicated that the extent of simultaneous Ca2+ crosslinking and plasticization with glycerol was determined by the level of structural organization obtained in the pre-reticulation.

TL;DR: In this article, a natural plasticizer was synthesized in the laboratory by esterification of rice fatty acids and polyols, which was added to PVC and natural rubber latex films (5% w/w).

TL;DR: In this paper, single and composite films based on alginate and pectin containing natamycin as active agent were prepared and the release behavior in water and the diffusion coefficients were evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of a combined crosslinking procedure using calcium and barium ions on the physical and morphological properties of alginate-based films containing natamycin as antimicrobial agent were evaluated.