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Danila Merino
Researcher at National University of Mar del Plata
Publications - 34
Citations - 629
Danila Merino is an academic researcher from National University of Mar del Plata. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Starch. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 25 publications receiving 352 citations. Previous affiliations of Danila Merino include Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia & National Scientific and Technical Research Council.
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Critical Evaluation of Starch-Based Antibacterial Nanocomposites as Agricultural Mulch Films: Study on Their Interactions with Water and Light
Danila Merino,Tomy J. Gutiérrez,Andrea Yamila Mansilla,Claudia A. Casalongué,Vera Alejandra Alvarez +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the potentiality of novel formulations based on starch to be used as agricultural mulch films, native and oxidized corn starch nanocomposites were prepared by extrusion using natural (Bent) and chitosan-modified bentonite (bent-CS) fillers, the nanocomposition interactions with water were studied by means of moisture content (MC) determination, water solubility (WS), water vapor permeability (WVP), and contact angle (CA).
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Hydrogen-bonding interactions and compostability of bionanocomposite films prepared from corn starch and nano-fillers with and without added Jamaica flower extract
Tomy J. Gutiérrez,Luis A. Toro-Márquez,Luis A. Toro-Márquez,Danila Merino,Julieta Renee Mendieta +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the hydrogen (H)-bonding interactions of the materials obtained by twin screw extrusion followed by thermo molding were prepared from corn starch (Zea mays) and pH-sensitive nano-clays packaged with Jamaica flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa) extract.
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Bionanocomposite Films Prepared from Corn Starch With and Without Nanopackaged Jamaica ( Hibiscus sabdariffa ) Flower Extract
TL;DR: In this paper, active and pH-sensitive nano-fillers were prepared from natural and modified montmorillonite (Mnt) and nanopackaged with anthocyanins extracted from the Jamaica (Hibiscus sabdariffa) flower.
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Chitosan coated-phosphorylated starch films: Water interaction, transparency and antibacterial properties
Danila Merino,Andrea Yamila Mansilla,Tomy J. Gutiérrez,Claudia A. Casalongué,Vera Alejandra Alvarez +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a starch-based mulch was chemically modified by phosphorylation with sodium tripolyphosphate and resulting films were later coated with chitosan, and Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy and X ray diffraction (XRD) techniques were used to analyze chemical and structural modifications of the starch.
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Potential Agricultural Mulch Films Based on Native and Phosphorylated Corn Starch With and Without Surface Functionalization with Chitosan
TL;DR: In this article, a bio-based and biodegradable alternative based on starch was proposed and evaluated in order to overcome the problem that represents the use of agricultural polyethylene-mulch films.