Enhanced functional properties of chitosan films incorporated with curcumin-loaded hollow graphitic carbon nitride nanoparticles for bananas preservation

Yongsheng Ni; Hongqing Nie; Jingyao Wang; Junwei Lin; Qiaoling Wang; Jing Sun; Wentao Zhang; Jianlong Wang

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130539

Enhanced functional properties of chitosan films incorporated with curcumin-loaded hollow graphitic carbon nitride nanoparticles for bananas preservation

Food Chem. 2022 Jan 1:366:130539. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130539. Epub 2021 Jul 5.

Authors

Yongsheng Ni¹, Hongqing Nie², Jingyao Wang², Junwei Lin², Qiaoling Wang², Jing Sun³, Wentao Zhang⁴, Jianlong Wang⁵

Affiliations

¹ College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. Electronic address: nysheng@nwafu.edu.cn.
² College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
³ Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Biological Resources, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghai 810008, China.
⁴ College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. Electronic address: zhangwt@nwsuaf.edu.cn.
⁵ College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. Electronic address: wanglong79@nwsuaf.edu.cn.

PMID: 34284191
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130539

Abstract

The exploration of novel functional packaging films is of great scientific and technological interest. Herein, a novel chitosan/hollow g-C₃N₄/curcumin (CS-HCNS-Cur) biocomposite films was successful fabricated with integrated functions of slow release, antimicrobial activity and food freshness preservation. CS-HCNS-Cur films take the advantages of the excellent thermal stability and slow-release ability of HCNS to curcumin. Among the characterizations including scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope, atomic force microscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, mechanical properties and the rheological properties measurements confirmed the successful fabrication of CS-HCNS-Cur films. The averaged water contact angle and water vapor permeability of this film were 105.83° and 105.03 × 10^-5 g·mm (m²·h·kPa)^-1, respectively. This film showed pH-responsive and slow-release ability. Moreover, this film can effectively store bananas for 10 days. Therefore, CS-HCNS-Cur films have promising potential for applications in functional food packaging.

Keywords: Antimicrobial activity; Chitosan; Curcumin; Hollow g-C(3)N(4); Slow release.

MeSH terms

Chitosan*
Curcumin*
Graphite
Musa*
Nanoparticles*
Nitrogen Compounds
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

Nitrogen Compounds
graphitic carbon nitride
Graphite
Chitosan
Curcumin