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Article history: In this study, biodegradable films were produced from cassava starch modified by ozone at different levels. The
Received 15 August 2019 films were produced by casting technique using native and ozonated cassava starch, glycerol as the plasticizer,
Received in revised form 29 August 2019 and water as the solvent. Films were characterized in term of their mechanical, barrier and functional properties,
Accepted 4 September 2019
morphology, crystallinity, colour, and opacity. The morphology of the ozonated films was more homogeneous in
Available online 05 September 2019
comparison to the films produced with the non-modified starch and enhanced properties were achieved. Films
Keywords:
produced with ozonated cassava starch presented higher tensile strength, Young's modulus and lower elonga-
Biodegradable films tion. The water vapour permeation and the oxygen permeation were increased by increasing the ozonation
Cassava time. Moreover, ozone processing resulted in films with a more hydrophilic surface and lower solubility after
Starch 24 h. Possible explanations and applications were discussed. In conclusion, the ozone processing showed to be
Ozonation a good alternative for starch based packaging production.
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Nomenclature dry basis; 1500 mL) and then ozonated for different periods under con-
stant stirring in the same system reported by Castanha [5]. The ozone
a⁎ redness/greenness CIELab parameter (−) rich stream was produced from industrial oxygen by the coronal dis-
A area (m2) charge method using an ozone generator unit (Ozone & Life, O&G
b⁎ yellowness/blueness CIELab parameter (−) Model RM 3.0, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil). This stream was dispersed
C chroma (−) in the sample, which was placed in a glass reactor, as small bubbles
E Young's Modulus (MPa) through a gas disperser. A gas flow of 1 L∙min−1 was used, with an
E* CIELab total color change (−) ozone concentration in the gas current of 41 mg O3∙L−1. The amount
L⁎ brightness/darkness CIELab parameter (−) of ozone was measured using an ozone monitor (2B Technologies
m mass (g) Model 106-H, USA). After passing through the samples, the gas stream
OTR oxygen transmission rate (cm3·m−2·d−1) was led out of the reactor and converted to oxygen in a thermal ozone
p pressure (kPa) destroyer (Ozone & Life, São José dos Campos, Brazil). The procedures
P’O2 oxygen permeability (cm3/m·day·Pa) were performed at 25 ± 1 °C. Fig. 1 presents a schematic representation
RC relative crystallinity of the ozone processing system. Three samples were evaluated: the
S solubility (%) non-modified starch and those ozonated for 15 and 30 min.
t time (h) After processing, the excess of water was removed through decanta-
TS Tensile Strength (MPa) tion and centrifugation, and the starch samples were dried in an air cir-
WVP Water Vapour Permeability (g·mm/m2·day·kPa) culation oven for ~ 12 h at 35 °C until moisture content of ~12 g/100 g w.
x thickness (mm) b.
Y opacity (%) Glycerol P.A. grade (Sigma-Aldrich, Brazil) and distilled water were
also used for film production.
Subscripts
0 initial 2.2. Film preparation
b black standard
f final The films were produced by casting technique, as shown in Fig. 1. A
w white standard solution containing 5 g/100 g of cassava starch was homogenized in dis-
tilled water with a magnetic stirrer (GEHAKA, HU-30/2, Brazil) for
Greek 10 min. Then, the solution was heated for 45 min in a reactor with exter-
Δ delta nal recirculation of water at 75 °C. Glycerol was added as the plasticizer
ε elongation at break (%) (25 g/100 g of starch) according to Souza [12] and, the suspension was
heated for more 15 min under agitation. To eliminate the bubbles, the
filmogenic solution was placed in an ultrasonic bath for 30 min at 70
formed. Finally, the obtained films were evaluated through their struc-
°C (154 W, 25 kHz; UNIQUE, model USC-1850, Brazil). The solution
ture and the most important properties.
was then poured into acrylic Petri dishes (0.15 g/cm2) for ~12 h to
rest, and then dried at 35 °C and 45% HR for ~10 h in a climatic chamber
2.1. Materials (TIRACLIMA, model TCC 7034, Germany).
The films were conditioned for at least 48 h in desiccators containing
The native cassava starch (Amilogill 1500) was donated by Cargill a saturated solution of NaCl (75% RH) before characterization at room
Company. This starch was suspended in distilled water (10 g/100 g in temperature (~25 °C).
Fig. 1. Schematic representation of the ozone processing system and the film elaboration.
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2.3. Films characterization The oxygen permeability coefficient (P’O2) of the ozonated films was
measured at 23 °C and 75% RH on a 50 cm2 circular films using an oxy-
2.3.1. Mechanical properties gen permeation system (OXTRAN 2/21, Mocon, USA), according with
The film thickness was determined using a digital micrometer ASTM F1927-14 [16]. The oxygen permeability reported is the mean of
with a precision of 0.001 mm (MITUTOYO, Japan) at five random four films. The oxygen permeability coefficient was calculated according
positions. to Eq. (2).
The mechanical properties were evaluated through a uniaxial tensile
assay, according to ASTM D882-09 [13]. Tensile strength (TS) [MPa] and OTR
P’O2 ¼ X ð2Þ
percent elongation at break (ε) [%] were evaluated on a texture analyzer p
(TAXT2i e Stable Micro Systems, UK) with a load cell of 30 kgf (294 N),
using the A/TGT self-tightening roller grips fixture. The initial grip sep- wherein: P’O2 is the oxygen permeability coefficient (cm3·m−1·d−1·-
aration and the crosshead speed were set at 50 mm and 1 mm·s−1, re- Pa−1); OTR is the oxygen transmission rate (cm3·m−2·d−1); p is the
spectively. Young's modulus (E) was calculated as the slope of the initial partial pressure of oxygen, and X is the average thickness of the speci-
linear portion of the stress versus strain curve. At least ten strips men (m).
(100 mm × 25 mm) were evaluated for the non-modified and modified
films. 2.3.3. Functional properties
Furthermore, the force and the deformation at the breaking point of The film wettability was determined by the measurement of the
the film was determined in a punctuation test [14], on a texture ana- contact angle with water, according to ASTM D7334 − 08 [17] using
lyzer (TAXT2i e Stable Micro Systems, UK) with a load cell of 30 kgf an OCA15- Dataphysiscs (OCA 15, Dataphysiscs, Germany). Two
(294 N). The films were fixed in a circular permeation cells (d = angle measurements were carried out (one on each drop edge)
0.05 m) and perforated by a 3 mm diameter probe. The puncture force quickly to avoid changes due to water vaporization on each drop.
(F) and the displacement of the probe (D) were obtained from force- The contact angle was defined as the average of six angles measures.
deformation curves, according to Fig. 2. The film solubility in water was evaluated with discs (diameter of
20 mm) immersed in 50 mL of water at 25 °C for 24 h, under mechanical
2.3.2. Barrier properties stirring at 120 RPM, according to Gontard [18] The solubility in water
Water vapour permeability (WVP) of films was measured gravi- was calculated as the percentage of dry matter of the solubilized film,
metrically according to the ASTM E96-80 [15]. The films were placed as described in Eq. (3).
in circular permeation cells containing silica gel, and then placed in a
climatic chamber (TIRACLIMA, model TCC 7034, Germany) main- m f −mo
S¼ 100 ð3Þ
tained at 75% RH and temperature of 25 °C. The cell weight was re- mo
corded hourly for 8 h. Water vapour permeability was calculated
according to Eq. (1). wherein: mo and mf are the initial and the final discs' mass (g),
respectively.
The films moisture was determined through the gravimetric method
Δm x 24
WVP ¼ ð1Þ in an oven, without recirculation, at 105 °C until a constant mass
Δt A Δp
(~24 h), according to Gontard [18].
wherein: Δm/Δt is the moisture gain per unit of time (g·h−1); x is the 2.3.4. Colour and opacity
film thickness (mm); A is the film area exposed to permeation The film colour was determined using a colorimeter (HUNTERLAB,
(1.96·10−3 m2); Δp is the vapour pressure difference (kPa) of the at- model ColorQuest XE, USA) with the CIELab scale (L⁎, a⁎, b⁎). The colour
mosphere over silica gel and pure water (3.168 kPa at 25 °C). measurements were expressed in terms of L* (L* = 100 brightness and
Fig. 2. Diagram of the system used to determine the punctuation deformation. Adapted from Sobral [14].
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Fig. 3. Scanning electron micrographs of the surfaces and cross-sections of the films prepared with non-modified and ozonated cassava starch. Surface images at and, the cross-sections
images at and, respectively. The surface and the cross-section images were obtained at 1000× and 3100×, respectively.
L* = 0 darkness); a* (+a* = redness and −a* = greenness) and b* The scanning rate was 0.02°/s with 2ϴ angles varying between 2° to
(+b* = yellowness and −b* = blueness). The change of each of the pa- 40°. The software Origin 2018b was employed for calculation (OriginLab
rameters was calculated according to Eqs. (4), (5) and (6). Corporation, Massachusetts, USA).
[23] although oxidized sorghum films were more homogeneous, similar As no statistical difference was observed for the film thickness,
fissures were also observed. their production procedure was considered adequate and their me-
According to the literature, films produced with oxidized starches chanical properties could be evaluated being presented in Table 1.
allow a higher penetration of the plasticizer molecules in the starch The results obtained for the non-modified cassava film were close to
chains, and improve the interaction between them [23–25]. Moreover, those reported in the literature for native cassava starch [12,31–33]
low retrogradation is expected in oxidized starches [24], promoted by while the films obtained from ozonated starch were stronger.
the repulsion between molecules, increasing the free space between The tensile strength (TS) increased according to the ozone process-
the molecules, and also increasing the homogeneity of the film. ing time, showing that starch ozonation made stronger films. An in-
However, ozonation is more than only an oxidation process and this crease of ~44% in the TS was observed between the non-modified and
process also changes the molecular charges and chemical affinity, which the 30 min ozonated films, whose Young's modulus (E) was also in-
affect the interaction among the molecules and altering the morphology creased. Potato starch oxidized with sodium hypochlorite [34] and ba-
of the films. nana starch oxidized with active chlorine [35] also resulted in films
Fig. 4 shows the X-ray diffractograms for the non-modified and with increased TS and E.
ozonated films. Semi-crystalline characteristic (presence of amorphous According to the literature, films more rigid resulted with less elon-
and crystalline zones) was observed, with peaks located at 5.6°, 16.8°, gation at break (ε) [34]. However, no statistical difference between the
19.2°, 21.8°, and 25.6° (2θ). The film produced with the non-modified non-modified film and the 30 min ozonated film was observed, and
cassava starch showed peaks at 16.8° and 19.2°, in the same regions only the 15 min ozonated film resulted with less elongation at break,
than those observed in the study of Fama [26] and, Jaramillo [27]. in comparison to the non-modified film – which can reinforce the
Ozonated films resulted with a B-type crystalline structure [28]. The unique characteristics of ozone processing.
introduction of complexing agents, like glycerol, into starch prepara- Regarding the punctuation assay, the maximum displacement of
tions disrupts double helix conformations by forming stable single the probe (D) (Fig. 2) was observed for the non-modified film.
chain V-conformation helices [26]. Moreover, an increase in the punctuation force (F) was observed
During film formation, both amylose and amylopectin macromole- due to the ozonation time, confirming that native starch films
cules are rearranged and their linear fractions form re-associations by were weaker than those produced with ozonated starches. The
hydrogen bonds. Therefore, the crystallinity of starch-based films de- punctuation test is not as common as the uniaxial tensile assay to
pends on several factors, such as drying and storage conditions: temper- determine the mechanical properties of films. As observed in this
ature and relative humidity and also the content of plasticizer [29]. It is study, both analyses are related and complement each other. There-
important to point out that the drying and storage conditions and glyc- fore, this assay can be used as an alternative to evaluate the me-
erol content were similar for all the treatments in this study. chanical properties of this type of materials.
On the other hand, according to Rindlav-Westling [30] crystallinity is As detailed by Maniglia [36], the ozonation results in the cleavage of
also dependent on the ability of the chains to form crystals as well as the the glycosidic bonds of both amylose and amylopectin molecules [5,37]
mobility of the chains during the crystallization process. In fact, an in- and the replacement of the hydroxyl groups by carbonyl and carboxyl
crease in the Relative Crystallinity (RC) was also observed due to the groups [5,24,35,38]. The cleavage of the glycosidic bonds results in a
ozonation process. The ozonation results in the disruption of the starch greater number of molecules with decreased sizes, which may facilitate
polysaccharide chains resulting in a greater number of molecules with the tendency of their re-association [37]. Therefore, a new polymeric
decreased sizes and weight and, thereby, is possible to result in a facility matrix with potentially more interaction between molecules is formed,
to form crystals, thus, increasing the RC. which partly explain the observed behaviour.
Fig. 4. X-ray diffraction patterns of the films prepared with non-modified and ozonated cassava starch (15 and 30 min) and their respectively Relative Crystallinity (RC).
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Fig. 5. Functional Properties: Solubility (S) and Contact angle of ozone –modified cassava starch films. Average ± standard deviation. Same letters in the same column are not significantly
different (p N 0.05).
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molecules (also with a different distribution) rearrangement makes a ozonated films presented higher (15 min of processing) or lower
different network, whose connections are stronger (maybe due to the (30 min of processing) opacity than the native cassava film, highlighting
interaction between carbonyl and hydroxyl groups), as revealed in the ozonation as a versatile alternative for this purpose. Finally, the mor-
mechanical properties. phology of the ozonated films was more homogeneous, with increased
The electrostatic repulsion in general increases the solubility of relative crystallinity.
starch [5,37] which is contrary to the results observed in this study for In conclusion, the ozone processing showed to be a great alternative
the films. A possible explanation could be that, once the molecules re- for packaging production.
associate between them, it might reduce the ability of these molecules
to linkage with water molecules of the surrounding, thus, reducing the
solubility. However, the location of polar groups in the film surface Acknowledgements
can favour bonds with the first drop of water deposited onto the film, in-
creasing its hydrophilicity. Both results are not contradictory, since this The authors are grateful to the São Paulo Research Foundation
last essay (solubility) is performed for 24 h with the whole film im- (FAPESP, Brazil), for funding the project n° 2016/18052-5, the post-
mersed into water and not only the surface. doctoral fellowship of CIA La Fuente (2017/05307-8) and the B.Sc.
Hence, the ozonation technology resulted in cassava films with in- scholarship of Andressa Tamyris de Souza (2018/24291-8); and the Na-
creased strengthens, more permeable to vapour water and oxygen, tional Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq,
less soluble, which could be an interesting or limiting result, depending Brazil) for funding the project of CIA La Fuente (429043/2018-0) and
on the films practical application. A possible application can be the coat- the productivity grants of PED Augusto (306557/2017-7) and CC Tadini
ing of surfaces/products, in which, degradation reaction due to the (306414/2017-1).
water or oxygen diffusion are not important.
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