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. 2022 Apr 16;14(8):1618. doi: 10.3390/polym14081618

Table 2.

Optical characteristics of LDPE film-treated cold plasma-stabilized MFEO.

Emulsion L a b ΔE YI Opacity WCA
Control 93.01 ± 0.10 a 0.10 ± 0.16 a −6.76 ± 0.16 d - −10.38 ± 0.16 e 0.45 ± 0.16 f 4.88 ± 0.01 e
CE 1% 27.79 ± 0.16 b,c −11.80 ± 0.19 e 2.35 ± 0.18 c 1.70 ± 0.16 12.10 ± 0.18 d 1.05 ± 0.04 e 6.22 ± 0.01 d
CE 3% 24.76 ± 0.55 c −10.09 ± 0.09 c 2.88 ± 0.88 c 0.08 ± 0.88 16.40 ± 0.49 c 1.07 ± 0.05 e 7.63 ± 0.01 b
CE 6% 25.20 ± 0.35 c −9.47 ± 0.15 b 3.15 ± 0.61 c 0.35 ± 0.31 17.89 ± 0.35 b,c 1.06 ± 0.15 e 7.73 ± 0.01 b
NE 1% 25.20 ± 0.13 c −10.78 ± 0.18 d 4.22 ± 0.29 b 0.31 ± 0.04 23.92 ± 0.08 b 1.10 ± 0.05 d 4.94 ± 0.05 d,e
NE 3% 31.21 ± 0.65 b −11.01 ± 0.50 d 6.58 ± 0.40 a 0.49 ± 0.71 30.10 ± 0.66 a 1.15 ± 0.05 c 5.72 ± 0.10 d
NE 6% 30.95 ± 0.21 b −12.18 ± 0.07 e 6.77 ± 0.10 a 0.36 ± 0.21 31.24 ± 0.21 a 1.15 ± 0.06 c 8.83 ± 0.09 a
PE 1% 27.05 ± 0.55 b,c −13.70 ± 0.55 g 5.91 ± 0.14 a 0.50 ± 0.22 21.55 ± 0.60 b 1.46 ± 0.47 b 4.66 ± 0.05 e
PE 3% 26.72 ± 0.49 b,c −12.86 ± 0.33 f 4.19 ± 0.69 b 0.40 ± 0.43 22.57 ± 0.55 b 1.44 ± 0.10 b 6.62 ± 0.01 c
PE 6% 31.24 ± 0.02 b −11.68 ± 0.12 e 4.71 ± 0.54 b 0.40 ± 0.03 31.42 ± 0.04 a 2.34 ± 0.05 a 8.28 ± 0.07 a

a–g The values in the table are the average ± standard error of n = 3 samples and the different lowercase letter in each column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). CE: coarse emulsion; NE: nanoemulsion; PE: Pickering emulsion.