Browsing by Author "Kırtıl, Emrah"

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Assessment of the performance of several novel approaches to improve physical properties of guar gum based biopolymer films

Kırtıl, Emrah; Aydoğdu, Ayça; Svitova, Tatyana; Radke, Clayton J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021)

Biopolymer-based films are natural, renewable, nontoxic and biodegradable alternatives to plastic packaging. Despite years of ongoing research, biopolymer films still lag much behind plastic films in mechanical and barrier ...
Effect of mastic gum integration on improvement of polylactic acid biodegradable films

Aydoğdu Emir, Ayca; Akgün, Mert; Kırtıl, Emrah (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)

Currently, 90% of all packaging films are composed of non-renewable, petroleum-based materials. However, these materials have a significant environmental footprint. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a well-known biodegradable ...