Thermo-/pH-responsive preservative delivery based on TEMPO cellulose nanofiber/cationic copolymer hydrogel film in fruit packaging

Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Xu Xu, He Liu, Shifa Wang, Mohamed Sheteiwy, Fuhao Dong, Lizhen Guo, Yuehan Qian, Pengfei Li, Shuangsheng Zhang

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Abstract

Hydrogels have great potential in food packaging. However, stimuli-responsive preservative delivery-based hydrogels for emerging active packaging have not yet been explored. Herein, Unprecedented pH/temperature-responsive hydrogel films for emerging active climacteric fruit packaging were developed based on TEMPO-oxidized nanofibrillated cellulose (TOCNFs) from wheat straw with food-grade cationic-modified poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-acrylamide) (CPNIPAM-AM). TOCNF incorporation into CPNIPAM-AM revealed desirable enhancement of characterization, antimicrobial properties, and pH/thermal-responsive behaviour. In-vitro delivery and release mechanism studies with natamycin revealed the fastest release rates in preferred low pH media, up to 32.1 times higher than that under neutral conditions via anomalous diffusion. Applying a thermal stimulus increased natamycin release rates, providing 1.5–21% gradual-additional pulses by Fickian diffusion. The final hydrogel film showed efficient decay control in response to stimuli of the climacteric fruit environment with safe, recyclable, and feasible application demonstrating the significant potential to be used as an alternative-sustainable material for stimuli-triggered preservative delivery in climacteric fruit packaging.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1911-1924
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume183
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 31 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carboxyl-nanofibrillated cellulose
  • Climacteric fruit
  • Emerging active packaging
  • Natamycin release mechanism
  • Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-acrylamide)
  • Stimuli-responsive delivery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

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