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. 2022 Mar 5;2022:7557825. doi: 10.1155/2022/7557825

Table 2.

Physical properties of copper oxide biocomposite films as food packaging applications in different studies.

Study Sample of films (weight %) Thickness (μm) Tensile strength (TS) (MPa) Elongation at break (EB) (%) Elastic modulus (EM) (GPa) Young's modulus (YM) (MPa) TGA T g (°C)
[142] Agar-CuONPs 60.9 ± 2.7 38.6 ± 3.0 20.3 ± 3.8 1.21 ± 0.12 Not reported 259°C Not reported
Alginate-CuONPs 50.7 ± 3.8 45.9 ± 6.9 18.4 ± 6.4 1.34 ± 0.37 219°C
Carrageenan-CuONPs 52.0 ± 2.7 55.5 ± 8.9 11.0 ± 2.7 1.62 ± 0.23 253°C
Chitosan-CuONPs 62.1 ± 9.6 52.9 ± 4.2 21.8 ± 5.8 1.77 ± 0.16 264°C

[159] Starch 120 ± 5 μm 3.67 ± 0.31 98.00 ± 2.00 Not reported 7.80 ± 1.14 Not reported Not reported
Starch-Ag 4.17 ± 0.21 42.67 ± 2.52 14.05 ± 1.21
Starch-ZnO 7.50 ± 0.40 55.67 ± 2.08 25.44 ± 2.01
Starch-CuO 6.03 ± 0.15 65.00 ± 2.00 22.82 ± 1.78
Starch-Ag-ZnO-CuO 4.93 ± 0.23 76.67 ± 2.08 19.87 ± 1.34

[160] Neat PLA Below 200 μm 69.28 ± 0.18 2.14 ± 0.10 Not reported 4048 ± 17 Not reported 57.5
PLA/ZnO : Cu/Ag (0%) 44.81 ± 9.19 3.30 ± 0.64 2898 ± 149 44.0
PLA/ZnO : Cu/Ag (0.5%) 45.32 ± 7.53 2.78 ± 0.23 2934 ± 161 46.4
PLA/ZnO : Cu/Ag (1%) 48.39 ± 5.35 2.67 ± 0.52 3058 ± 72 48.5
PLA/ZnO : Cu/Ag (1.5%) 47.28 ± 2.75 2.61 ± 0.27 3010 ± 107 47.5

[161] CuO-cellulose Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 70–150
Chitosan-cellulose 30.58
CuO-chitosan-cellulose 59.77
CuONPs-chitosan-cellulose 38.88

[162] Chitosan film 46 ± 7 Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 70–140
CuNPs-chi film 53 ± 4

[149] Sodium alginate (1%)-CuONPs (1 mM) ∼58 Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported
Sodium alginate (3%)-CuONPs (1 mM) ∼62
Sodium alginate (3%)-CuONPs (5 mM) ∼67
CNW (0.5%)-SA (3%)-CuoNPS (5 mM) ∼71
Sodium alginate (1%)-CuONPs (1 mM) ∼58

[163] Kefiran-CMC-CuONPs (0.5%) 107 ± 6 3.62 ± 0.05 71.78 ± 1.57 Not reported Not reported Not reported 25.43
Kefiran-CMC-CuONPs (1%) 110 ± 10 4.12 ± 0.05 64.41 ± 2.61 44.81
Kefiran-CMC-CuONPs (2%) 117 ± 6 4.48 ± 0.16 60.74 ± 0.68 83.13