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Master Thesis Preparation and Characterization of Corn Zein Nanocomposite Coated Polypropylene Films for Food Packaging Applications(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2010) Özçalık, Onur; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyFeasibility of prepared novel corn zein nanocomposite (CZNC) coated polypropylene (PP) film (CZNC-PP) structures for food packaging applications was investigated. Excellent barrier properties of corn zein nanocomposites were successfully combined with mechanically strong PP as an eco-friendly promising alternative to conventional barrier packaging systems. In this study, the effect of nano-sized layered silicate amount, type and processing of CZNC layer on the barrier, mechanical, optical and surface properties of the CZNC-PP films were investigated. Incorporation of organomodified montmorillonite (OMMT) by solution intercalation into zein coating matrix improved barrier and mechanical properties of PP films. The properties of single CZNC layers and interactions between layered silicates and zein matrix were also investigated. Fine delamination of OMMT in zein coating was found to be responsible for the improvements in oxygen and water vapor barrier of single corn zein layers due to more tortuous path formed for permeation of oxygen and water vapor. Prepared CZNC-PP films achieved nearly 4 times reduced oxygen permeability while WVP of the films were reduced by 30% with 5 wt% OMMT content in 5.9 m corn zein coating. Meanwhile, improvements were less significant for unmodified nanoclay loadings due to the incompatibility between unmodified MMT and corn zein. Hydrophobicity of CZNC surface increased with increasing OMMT loading in accordance with WVP results. Permeation data was fitted to various phenomenological models predicting the permeability of polymer nanocomposites as a function of clay concentration and aspect ratio of nanoplatelets. While significant improvements in mechanical properties including doubled elastic modulus and 75% higher yield strength of PP films were obtained, incorporation of OMMT in CZNC layer did not change the color of CZNC-PP films significantly.Master Thesis Effect of Organo-Modified Clay Addition on Properties of Polyhydroxy Buttrate Homo and Copolymers Nanocomposite Films(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2012) Akın, Okan; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyAs an alternative to conventional non-degradable food packaging plastics, bionanocomposites, based on bacterial biodegradable thermoplastic polyesters, poly(hydroxybuthyrate) (PHB) and poly(hydroxybutyrate-covalerate) (PHBHV) polymers incorporated with commercial organomodified monmorillonite (OMMT) were prepared by solution intercalation and melt-mixing techniques. The enhancements in barrier, mechanical, thermal, surface and optical properties of resulting nanocomposite films were evaluated as effected by OMMT concentration and preparation method. The degree of dispersion of layered silicates into polymer matrix was evaluated by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. The best level of dispersion was obtained in nanocomposites that contain 1%w/w of OMMT. However, intercalated structure was observed at higher amount of clay loaded composites. The fine delamination of OMMT in PHB and PHBHV matrix was found to be responsible for the improvements in water vapor barrier performance since more tortuous path formed for permeation of water vapor. Moreover, enhancement in mechanical and thermal properties was highly depending on the dispersion level of layered silicates which is in good accordance with structural analyses. Addition of 2%w/w of OMMT reduced the WVP of virgin films by 41.1%. Meanwhile, improvements were less significant at higher amount of clay loaded samples due to weak interaction between polymer and layered silicates. Moreover, significant improvements in mechanical properties including doubled tensile strength and 69% increase in strain at break were obtained for 2%w/w of OMMT incorporated PHB composites. In addition, significant enhancement in thermal stability, which is the major drawback of PHB films, was obtained in nanocomposites, decomposition temperature increased by 10 oC compared to pristine polymers. Moreover, addition of layered silicates into polymer matrix at low content resulted in increase in erosion rate which makes nanocomposites more eco-friendly promising alternative to conventional barrier packaging systems.