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Record W4408343461 · doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-shs8r

Innovative home compostable heat sealable coating by modified starch for paper-based flexible packaging

2025· preprint· en· W4408343461 on OpenAlex

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affAt least one author lists a Canadian institution in the pinned OpenAlex snapshot.
fundA Canadian funder is recorded on the work.

Bibliographic record

VenueChemRxiv · 2025
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicMaterial Properties and Processing
Canadian institutionsProAmpac (Canada)Polytechnique Montréal
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaPolytechnique Montréal
KeywordsCoatingStarchModified starchPolymer scienceWaste managementMaterials scienceEngineeringFood scienceComposite materialChemistry

Abstract

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This research undertook an in-depth analysis of the creation and evaluation of home compostable, heat-sealable coatings for flexible packaging made from paper. The study employed both unmodified starches, with modified starches such as Sodium starch octenyl succinate (SSOS) and Maltodextrin (MAL), in combination with plasticizers like sorbitol and glycerol. Pure SSOS improved the heat sealability of paper, whereas pure MAL did not exhibit this behavior. Adding different concentrations of SOR and GLY to the SSOS and MAL coatings significantly affected the seal initiation temperature (SIT) and fiber tear temperature (FTT). In the case of SSOS, GLY had a more pronounced effect on SIT, while SOR notably enhanced tackiness in MAL, underscoring their essential roles in optimizing sealing performance. Fourier transform infrared analysis (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), rheological characterization, and the physical and chemical properties of the coatings were analyzed. The effect of pressure and dwell time on the optimal samples showed that longer dwell times typically reduced the SIT and FTT due to improved molecular interactions, except at high pressure (140 psi). Additionally, while increasing pressure enhanced sealing by improving layer contact, excessive pressure had minimal impact on performance. The findings suggest that these home compostable coatings represent a viable alternative to conventional plastic packaging, contributing to reduced landfill waste and promoting sustainability in food packaging applications.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.268
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.031
GPT teacher head0.259
Teacher spread0.228 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it