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    Plant proteins such as wheat gluten (WG) are promising alternatives to petroleum based packaging materials. They can be polymerized by processing into bioplastic films or foams for various applications. The morphology (shape and form) of packaging materials can be correlated with functions that are important for packaging applications.

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    Plant proteins such as wheat gluten (WG) are promising alternatives to petroleum based packaging materials. They can be polymerized by processing into bioplastic films or foams for various applications. The morphology (shape and form) of packaging materials can be correlated with functions that are important for packaging applications.

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    TheMAXIVLaboratoryWemaketheinvisiblevisible

    APPLICATIONSINTHE
    PACKAGINGINDUSTRY
    BIOPLASTICSANDBIOFOAMS
    SLUandKTH

    Plantproteinssuchaswheatgluten(WG)arepromisingalternativestopetroleumbasedpackagingmaterials.Theproteinsarebiodegradableandarerelativelylow
    costbyproductsfromthebioethanolfuelindustry.Theycanbepolymerizedbyprocessingintobioplasticfilmsorfoamsforvariousapplications.
    Themorphology(shapeandform)ofpackagingmaterialscanbecorrelatedwithfunctionsthatareimportantforpackagingapplications,forexamplemechanical
    strengthandairbarrierproperties.ResearchersattheSwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences(SLU)andtheRoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH)areregularvisitors
    attheMAXIVLaboratorywheretheyuseXrayscatteringtechniques(SAXSandWAXS)tounderstandthemorphologyofmaterialsbasedonWGproteins.

    Figure1.2DSAXSpatternonextrudedwheatglutenbioplasticfilmscontainingammoniumhydroxideandsalicylicacid.

    Inparticular,twodifferentmaterialshavebeeninvestigatedatMAXIVLaboratory;bioplastic(WGglyceroladditives)filmsandWGfoams.
    ThepropertiesofbioplasticWGfilmsarestronglyaffectedbymanufacturingprocessesandfilmcomposition.Forfutureapplicationsitishenceimportantto
    understandhowthesepropertiescanbechangedinacontrolledmanner.SAXSmeasurementsattheMAXIVLaboratoryhelpedresearchersimprovetheir
    understandingoftherelationshipbetweenshapeandformandthefunctionofvarioustypesofbioplasticfilms.Theresearchshowedhowthefilmmorphologycould
    betailoredbyblendingthebioplasticswithvariouschemicalsincludingsodiumhydroxide,ammoniumhydroxideandsalicylicacidduringmanufacturing.Themost
    importantresultwastheobservationofhexagonal(HCP)structuresinsomeofthefilms,whichinfluencethestrengthofthematerial.

    Figure2.ProposedmodelfortheHCPscatteringobjectsintheextrudedwheatglutenbioplasticfilms.

    Inaddition,foamsmadefromwheatglutenweredevelopedandshoweddifferentdensityandstrengthdependingonthefractionsofdifferentproteinstheycontained
    (forexamplegliadinorgluteninrich).TheXrayscatteringexperimentswereofthehighestimportanceingaininginformationonhowthefoammorphologycanbe
    tailormadeforpackagingapplications.
    POLYMERCOMPOSITES
    TetraPak

    TetraPakisaglobalsupplieroffoodprocessingandpackagingsolutions,presentinmorethan170countrieswithsome22,000employees.In2011TetraPakproduced

    over167billionpackagesworldwide.ResearchersatTetraPakarecontinuouslydevelopingnewmaterialsforuseintheirvariouspackages.
    Onesuchmaterialisapolymerbasedcomposite.Thiscompositeistestedforimprovedgasbarrierpropertiescomparedwithconventionalplasticbasedfilmsandmay
    hencebeusedtoincreasetheshelflifeofpackagedproducts.

    Figure3.Illustrationofhowthegasbarrierpropertiesdifferbetweenconventional(top)and"tortouspath"(bottom)polymercomposites.

    Intheirefforttounderstandthepropertiesofthecompositematerial,TetraPakresearchersvisitedthebeamlineI911SAXSattheMAXIVLaboratorytoperformSAXS.
    Thetechniqueissensitivetothesize,distribution,orientationandaggregationoftheparticlesinthepolymermatrix,whicharefactorsknowntoinfluencethegas
    barrierpropertiesofthematerial.Figure3illustratestheadvantageofusingthematerialwiththetortuousdiffusionpathinsteadofconventionalcompositesingas
    barrierplasticfilms.
    TheexperimentshelpedtheTetraPakresearchersunderstandhowtheparticlesweredistributedinthepolymermatrixandhowtheyinfluencethefinalpropertiesof
    thecomposite.TheirvisittotheMAXIVLaboratorythusprovidedthemwithanimportantpuzzlepieceintheirdevelopmentofimprovedmaterialsforusagein
    packagesforfooddistribution.

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