Waterborne natural proteins-polymer latexes for film coatings with improved water resistance

ALLASIA, MARIANA; GUGLIOTTA, LUIS M.; MINARI, ROQUE J.

Conferencia; IV International Conference on Bio-Based Polymers and Composites; 2018

Laboratory of Plastics and Rubber Technology

The use of natural proteins to produce hybrids latexes has an increasing importance in industry owing to the opportunity they bring to develop novel eco-friendly materials. This work describes the synthesis of hybrid protein-acrylic latexes by miniemulsion polymerization with the incorporation of zein, a hydrophobic protein, with the aim of improving the water resistance of casein-based films. The obtained hybrids films showed improved water re-sistance and increased surface hydrophobicity.