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Polyethylene materials with multifunctional surface properties by electrospraying chitosan/vitamin E formulation destined to biomedical and food packaging applications

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A dual-bioactive layer based on antimicrobial chitosan and antioxidant vitamin E was immobilized onto PE surface using electrospraying as coating technique. Covalent bonding of the antibacterial/antioxidant layer was achieved through amide bonds or carbamate linkage using both 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxysuccinimide or carbonyldiimidazole coupling agents, respectively. The chitosan/vitamin E formulation was characterized by rheological measurements. The vitamin E addition in chitosan matrix leads to changes in chitosan rheological properties, such as viscosity decrease with increasing vitamin E content, change of the gel-like behavior to a fluid-like behavior, which further influences the electrospraying process and deposited coating morphology. The new stratified hybrid materials with improved properties have been characterized by different techniques as attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform IR spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), polyelectrolyte and potentiometric titration, contact angle titration, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and antibacterial and antioxidative tests. The electrosprayed bioactive coatings exhibit antibacterial, antioxidant and pH responsive activity. The pH responsiveness was evidenced by switching from hydrophilic to hydrophobic surface at pH ≈ 6. The chitosan/vitamin E modified PE substrate inhibited the growth for three different bacterial strains (Gram-negative and Gram-positive) and presented good antioxidative properties, acting as DPPH radical scavenging surfaces. Moreover, the new obtained materials present good stability and maintain their antioxidative capacity even after subjecting to desorption in harsh medium because of relative strong electrostatic and hydrogen bonds interactions between components of the formulation. The obtained materials can find application in food packaging or in medical field where synergistic action of these bioactive compounds is required.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support given by Romanian CNCS through the project BIONANOMED 164/2012, by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through research Project No. 17689/2013 and also by COST Action FA0904.

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  1. “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romanian Academy, 41A Gr. Ghica Voda Alley, 700487, Iasi, Romania

    Elena Stoleru, Raluca P. Dumitriu, Adina Coroaba, Mioara Drobotă & Cornelia Vasile

  2. Faculty of Physics, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Bvd. Carol I, 11, Iasi, Romania

    Silvestru B. Munteanu

  3. Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Lidija Fras Zemljic

  4. Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory, Food Safety Department, Iasi, Romania

    Gina M. Pricope

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Stoleru, E., Munteanu, S.B., Dumitriu, R.P. et al. Polyethylene materials with multifunctional surface properties by electrospraying chitosan/vitamin E formulation destined to biomedical and food packaging applications. Iran Polym J 25, 295–307 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-016-0421-0

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