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• the invention relates to barrier coating containing vermiculite, films and shaped articles containing such coatings, and methods of making such coatings, films and articles.
• Barrier coatings are widely used in packaging materials to prevent the passage of a permeant molecule or composition, especially to prevent contact between the contents of a package and the permeant. Improving barrier properties is an important goal for manufacturers of films sold for containment of products such as foods, cosmetics, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Injurious permeant chemicals of interest include oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, manufacturing residues, off odors, off flavors, smoke, pesticides, toxic materials, and environmental contaminants and pollutants. Use of typical plastic materials is desirable because they are inexpensive.
• Plastics are oxygen-permeable to such a degree that the amount of oxygen permeated is much higher than a metal or glass material as used in canning or bottling, or foil used with paper for packaging soup mixes and dry snacks, all of which have an oxygen permeability of substantially zero.
• Barrier coatings can also serve to (a) keep a gas inside a package - e.g., a gas used in modified atmosphere packaging, or helium kept inside balloons; (b) keep moisture inside a package so that the contents do not dehydrate; (c) keep a perfume or a flavor inside a package, where perfumes and flavors can be expensive components; or (d) keep undesirable off-odors and flavors from escaping the package.
• the barrier is maintaining the quality or characteristics of the packaged contents, or preventing contamination of products stored adjacent to or in the vicinity of the packaged product.
• Barrier properties arise from both the structure and the composition of the material.
• the order of the structure i. e. , the crystallinity or the amorphous nature of the material, the existence of layers or coatings can affect barrier properties.
• the barrier property of many materials can be increased by using liquid crystal or self-ordering molecular technology, by axially orienting materials such as an ethylene vinyl alcohol film, or by biaxially orienting nylon films and by using other useful structures.
• Internal polymeric structure can be crystallized or ordered in a way to increase the resistance to permeation of a permeant.
• a material may be selected for a plastic or paper packaging coating that prevents absorption of a permeant onto the barrier surface, and a material may be selected to prevent the transport of the permeant through the barrier.
• permeation is concentration and temperature dependent. Permeability is also a function of pressure, where a gradient exists between atmospheric pressure and the structure surrounded by a coated film, etc., e.g. , balloons (positive pressure) and vacuum packaging (negative pressure).
• Permeation through a polymeric coating is believed to be a multi-step event. First, collision of the permeant molecule, such as oxygen, with the polymer is followed by sorption into the polymer. The permeant migrates through the polymer matrix along a random path, and finally the permeant desorbs from the polymer. The process reaches equilibrium (chemical concentration and pressure) on both sides of the coating. Permeability of a typical molecule through a packaging film is a function of diffusion rate and solubility of the molecule. The diffusion rate measures how rapidly transport of the molecule occurs through the film, and it relates to the ease with which a permeant molecule moves within a polymer.
• Solubility relates to the concentration or total amount of permeant that may be present in the film. Diffusion and solubility are important measurements of barrier coating performance. Transfer of vapors through packaging films may occur by capillary flow or activated diffusion. Capillary flow involves small molecules permeating through pinholes or microscopic channels of porous media, which is generally an undesirable feature of a barrier coating. Activated diffusion entails solubilization of a permeant into an effectively non- porous medium, diffusion through the film under a concentration gradient, and release from a transverse surface at a lower concentration.
• Typical barrier materials are a single layer of polymer, a bilayer or multilayer co-extruded or laminated polymer film, a coated monolayer, or a bilayer or multilayer film having one or more coatings on a surface or both surfaces.
• the most widely used barrier polymers for food packaging are ethylene- vinyl alcohol copolymers ("EVOH”), ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (“EVA”), and polyvinylidene chloride terpolymers (“PVDC”), which offer some resistance to permeation of gases, flavors, aromas, and solvents. PVDC also offers some resistance to moisture.
• EVOH copolymer resins are available in a wide variety of grades having varying ethylene concentrations.
• EVOH resins are commonly used in coextrusions or laminations with polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene as structural and/or sealant layers, and with nylon, polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”), poly(lactic acid) (“PLA”), or polyhydroxyalkanoate (“PHA”) as structural layers.
• PVDC emulsions are applied as micron-thick rotogravure coatings to various base film structures such as PET, nylon, polypropylene, poly(lactic acid) (“PLA”), or polyhydroxyalkanoate (“PHA”).
• barrier technologies include metallization with thin coatings of aluminum to various base film structures using vacuum deposition.
• Moderate barrier polymer materials such as monolayer polyethylene terephthalate, polymethyl pentene, and polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”) films are commercially available.
• barrier films have been achieved with very thin plasma vapor depositions of oxides of silicon or aluminum (several nanometers thick) on base films and molded polymer structures.
• Another barrier technology involves the use of oxygen absorbers or scavengers that are used in polymeric coatings or in bulk polymer materials.
• Metallic reducing agents such as ferrous compounds and powdered oxide or metallic platinum can be incorporated into barrier systems, which scavenge oxygen by converting it into a stable oxide within the film.
• Non-metallic oxygen scavengers have also been developed and are intended to alleviate problems associated with metal or metallic tastes or odors.
• Such systems include compounds including ascorbic acid and various salts and organometallic compounds that have a natural affinity for oxygen. Such molecules absorb oxygen molecules into the interior polymer chemical structure removing oxygen from the internal or enclosed space of packaging materials. Such materials are expensive and, in some cases, the presence of hazardous antioxidants limits their application.
• Another method for imparting gas barrier properties includes dispersing an inorganic material in a resin.
• Micron-thin polymeric coatings incorporate nano-scale particulate dispersions of clays, such as montmorillonite, hectorite, sodium terasililic mica, sodium taeniolite, and vermiculite into various water- solubilized or emulsified polymers.
• clays such as montmorillonite, hectorite, sodium terasililic mica, sodium taeniolite, and vermiculite
• montmorillonite, hectorite, sodium terasililic mica, or sodium taeniolite may be blended into polyvinyl alcohol.
• polyvinyl alcohol/poly(acrylic acid) blends with these clays are known.
• the invention concerns films comprising:
• the coating comprising:
• materials that contain cationic functionality selected from lithium, alkyl C2-C6 ammonium, allyl ammonium, heterocylclic ammonium, morpholonium, ammonium and amino C3-C6 alkyl carboxylic acids;
• lithium cations in combination with anions selected from carboxylic, phosphoric, phosphonic, sulfonic and fatty acids, lithium chelating agents, and lithium salts;
• the coating has 2 to 65 weight percent of vermiculite.
• Preferred chemical stabilizing agents include lithium salts of a C2-C12 carboxylic acids.
• Other preferred chemical stabilizing agents include lithium hydroxide, lithium citrate, lithium erythorbate, lithium stearate, n-butyl amine, morpholine, ammonia, and morpholine oleate.
• the base film comprises one or more of polyethylene terephthalate, glycolised polyester (PET-G), nylon, biaxially oriented polypropylene, oriented polypropylene, cast polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), biaxially oriented PET, biaxially oriented PETG, biaxially oriented nylon, biaxially oriented polyethylene, biaxially oriented PLA, biaxially oriented PHA and paper.
• PET-G glycolised polyester
• nylon biaxially oriented polypropylene
• oriented polypropylene oriented polypropylene
• cast polypropylene polystyrene
• polyethylene polyvinyl chloride
• PLA polylactic acid
• PHA polyhydroxyalkanoate
• biaxially oriented PET biaxially oriented PETG
• biaxially oriented nylon biaxially oriented polyethylene
• PLA biaxially oriented PLA
• polymers capable of forming a film that has acceptable barrier properties
• preferred polymers capable of forming a film include one or more of polyvinyl alcohol, polyhydroxylic polymer, polyester, EVOH, functionalized PET
• the vermiculite have an aspect ratio of at least 5 ,000, or in some embodiments, at least 10,000.
• aspect ratio is length or width (e.g. breadth) divided by thickness.
• the coated films of the invention can also include additional layers.
• such layers include one or more of (i) a sealant film contacting the coating and (ii) a primer layer between the base film and the coating.
• the coating comprises more than one layer.
• the coating layer may contain additional components, These components include one or more of wetting agents, surface tension modifiers, defoamers, antioxidants, antiblock agents, and slip agents.
• the coated film may contain a moisture barrier, or moisture resistant coating or moisture barrier and moisture resistant coating. Any suitable barrier or coating material can be utilized. Suitable coatings include polyvinylidene chloride, acrylic based, urethane based and urethane/acrylic blends and co-polymers. Said coatings may be applied by methods known in the art. [0021] In many end uses, it is necessary or preferred that the components of the coated film are FDA approved or FDA approvable for direct and/or indirect contact with food.
• the cross-linking agent comprises ethanedial, cyclic urea glyoxal condensate, or blends thereof. In some embodiments, the cross-linking agent is present in an amount of 0.1 to 50 weight percent of the weight of the polymer capable of forming a film.
• Some preferred coated films have an oxygen transmission rate of less than 5.0 cc/100 in 2 per 24 hours at 1 atmosphere pressure and 23°C. Certain coated films have an oxygen transmission rate of less than 1.0 cc/100 in 2 per 24 hours at 1 atmosphere pressure and 23 °C.
• the invention concerns methods of forming a coated film comprising
• a coating comprising (a) vermiculite, (b) polymer capable of forming a film, (c) cross-linking agent, and (d) a chemical stabilizing agent selected from materials that contain cationic functionality selected from lithium, alkyl C2-C 6 ammonium, allyl ammonium, heterocylclic ammonium, morpholonium, ammonium and amino C 3 -C 6 alkyl carboxylic acids; lithium cations in combination with anions selected from carboxylic, phosphoric, phosphonic, sulfonic and fatty acids, lithium chelating agents, and lithium salts; lithium salts of carboxylic acids, ammonia, C 3 -C 6 amine, heterocyclic amines, lithium hydroxide, morpholine, and morpholine oleate; and
• the coating is applied using a flexographic, direct rotogravure, reverse rotogravure or slot die process.
• Another aspect of the invention concerns suspensions comprising: (a) vermiculite, (b) polymer capable of forming a film, (c) cross-linking agent, (d) a chemical stabilizing agent selected from
• materials that contain cationic functionality selected from lithium, alkyl C2-C 6 ammonium, allyl ammonium, heterocylclic ammonium, morpholonium, ammonium and amino C 3 -C 6 alkyl carboxylic acids; — lithium cations in combination with anions selected from carboxylic, phosphoric, phosphonic, sulfonic and fatty acids, lithium chelating agents, and lithium salts; and
• dispersion contains 2 to 65 weight percent vermiculite and whose viscosity varies by no more than 10% when subjected to normal rotogravure processing conditions.
• the invention concerns methods for preventing transmission of aroma comprising placing a composition which produces the aroma in a container, the container being substantially composed of a composite film comprising:
• the coating comprising:
• materials that contain cationic functionality selected from lithium, alkyl C2-C6 ammonium, allyl ammonium, heterocylclic ammonium, morpholonium, ammonium and amino C3-C6 alkyl carboxylic acids;
• lithium cations in combination with anions selected from carboxylic, phosphoric, phosphonic, sulfonic and fatty acids, lithium chelating agents, and lithium salts;
• the coating being between 0.05 and 0.7 micron thick.
• the compound capable of producing the aroma is an oil, eugenol, chocolate, menthol, d-limonene, or cuminaldehyde, coffee, or garbage.
• at least one compound capable of producing the aroma is enclosed in a container, and the container comprises a coated film described herein.
• the invention concerns articles comprising a container and at least one compound in need of protection from at least one of oxygen and moisture, the compound being enclosed in the container, and the container comprising a coated film as described herein.
• Figure 1 depicts one example of a coated film (10) where a coating (20) resides on a base film (30).
• the invention concerns coated films and articles, compositions for such coatings, and methods of coating a substrate where the coating comprises vermiculite;
• polymer capable of forming a film capable of forming a film
• chemical stabilizing agent(s) for the vermiculite in the polymer and cross-linking agent(s). It should be noted that, in some embodiments, a majority of the cross-linking agent is reacted with the polymer capable of forming a film.
• the coatings of the invention are between 0.05 ⁇ and ⁇ . ⁇ , preferably 0.15 ⁇ to 0.60 ⁇ thick.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include materials that contain cationic functionality including lithium, alkyl C2-C 6 ammonium, allyl ammonium, heterocylclic ammonium, morpholonium, ammonium and amino C 3 -C 6 alkyl carboxylic acids. Suitable chemical stabilizing agents may also be selected from materials that include C2-C 6 amines, allyl amines, heterocyclic amines, morphine and ammonia.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include materials that contain cationic functionality including lithium, alkyl C2-C 6 ammonium, allyl ammonium, heterocylclic ammonium, morpholonium, ammonium and amino C 3 -C 6 alkyl carboxylic acids in combination with anionic counter ions.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents also include lithium cations in combination with anions selected from carboxylic, phosphoric, phosphonic, sulfonic and fatty acids, lithium chelating agents, and lithium salts.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include lithium salts of carboxylic and fatty acids. Also included are salts of saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids such as formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, isobutyric acid, valeric acid, isovaleric acid, pivalic acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid and suberic acid; unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids such as acrylic acid, propiolic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, isocrotonic acid, oleic acid, maleic acid and fumaric acid; and hydroxy carboxylic acids such as lactic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid and citric acid.
• saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids such as formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, isobutyric acid, valeric acid, isovaleric acid,
• the carboxylic acids contain at least 12 carbon atoms (lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, behenic acid, and lanolin fatty acid, for example).
• preferred lithium salts of carboxylic acids include lithium citrate, lithium erythorbate, and lithium stearate. These may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include lithium chelating agents such as lithium CDTA (cyclohexane trans 1,2 diamino tetra acetic acid), lithium EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid), lithium citrate, lithium tri carballylate, lithium lactate, and lithium oxalate.
• lithium chelating agents such as lithium CDTA (cyclohexane trans 1,2 diamino tetra acetic acid), lithium EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid), lithium citrate, lithium tri carballylate, lithium lactate, and lithium oxalate.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include alkyl C 2 -C 6 ammonium cations as linear and branched ammonium cations. In combination with anions selected from fatty acids and alkyl C 2 -C6 ammonium salts.
• preferred ammonium cations are primary ammonium cations.
• Linear primary ammonium cations include n-propyl ammonium, n-butyl ammonium, n-pentyl ammonium, and n-hexyl ammonium.
• the ammonium cation is a branched C 2 -C 6 ammonium cation.
• Such branched ammonium cations include 2-propanammonium, 2-butylammonium, 2-pentanammonium, 3- pentanammonium, 2-hexanammonium, and 3-hexaneammonium.
• the preferred alkyl C 2 -C 6 ammonium cation is n-butyl ammonium.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include alkyl C 2 -C 6 amines as linear and branched amines.
• preferred amines are primary amines.
• Linear primary amines include n-propyl amine, n-butyl amine, n-pentyl amine, and n-hexyl amine.
• the amine is a branched C 2 -C 6 amine.
• Such branched amines include 2-propanamine, 2-butylamine, 2-pentanamine, 3-pentanamine, 2-hexanamine, and 3- hexaneamine.
• the preferred alkyl C 2 -C 6 amine is n-butyl ammonium.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include morpholine and morpholonium cations in combination with selected anions including carboxylic and fatty acids and morpholonium salts.
• preferred morpholonium stabilizing agents include morpholine and morpholonium fatty acids.
• Suitable chemical stabilizing agents include ammonia and ammonium cations in combinations with selected anions including carboxylic and fatty acids and ammonium salts.
• preferred ammonium chemical stabilizing agents include ammonia and ammonium salts.
• Vermiculite has aspect ratio of at least 5 ,000 and is predominantly chemically, thermally or mechanically exfoliated.
• the vermiculite has a particle size of 5 to 60 microns in breadth and, in some preferred embodiments, with the majority of particles falling in the range of 10 to 30 microns.
• the vermiculite particles are one to three nanometers thick.
• these dispersion agents are used at a weight ratio of dispersion agent to vermiculite ranges from about 0.02 to about 3.0, preferably about 0.1 to about 2.5 or, in some embodiments, about 0.04 to about 1.0.
• the rate ratio of the chemical stabilizing agent to vermiculite platelets (dry basis) is at least 0.0036, 0.012, 0.0061, or 0.4.
• a blend of dispersion agents can be utilized.
• the barriers have an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of less than 0.7 cc/100 square inches per 24 hours at 1 atmosphere and 23°C, and preferably less than 0.4 cc/100 square inches per 24 hours at 1 atmosphere and 23 °C. OTR is determined using ASTM D1434.
• the substrate is a base film.
• the invention is applicable to numerous base films.
• a barrier coating composition of the invention can be applied to various blown, cast, extruded, etc. films or articles manufactured from polymeric materials selected from polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”); biaxially- oriented polypropylene (“BOPP”) and oriented polypropylene (“OPP”); cast polypropylene, polyethylene (“PE”), including high density polyethylene (“HDPE”), low density polyethylene (“LDPE”), and linear low density polyethylene (“LLDPE”); polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”), polystyrene (“PS”), biaxially oriented polystyrene, and expanded polystyrene (“EPS “); polyethylene terephthalate glycol (“PET-G”); ethylene vinyl acetate (“EVA”); ethylene vinyl alcohol (“EVOH”); polyhydroxyalkanoate (“PHA”), polylactic acid (“PLA”); and others, such as poly(acrylonit)
• the base film may be used as a structural film, or if it can be sealed to itself such as is the case with some polypropylene films, as a sealant film on the inside of a laminated package. Also, if the coated film is a sealant film, it can be laminated to any number of different types of substrates, including but not limited to another coated film, another uncoated film, paper, etc.
• the base film may also act simultaneously as both a structural film and sealant film, where the coating is applied to a single side, that side facing to the side opposite to the sealant side. Such monoweb structures are common, but not limited to use in packaging baked goods and confectionaries.
• Sealant layers may be created by coextrusion, extrusion coating, coating or adhesive lamination.
• a film is a flat unsupported section of a polymeric (e.g. , plastic) resin whose thickness is much smaller than its width or length. Films are generally regarded as being 0.25 millimeters or less, typically 0.01 to 0.20 mm thick. A sheet may range from about 0.20 mm to several cm, typically 0.3 to 3 mm in thickness. Films and sheets can be used alone or in combination with other sheet, fabric or structural units through lamination, coextrusion or coating.
• a polymeric (e.g. , plastic) resin whose thickness is much smaller than its width or length. Films are generally regarded as being 0.25 millimeters or less, typically 0.01 to 0.20 mm thick. A sheet may range from about 0.20 mm to several cm, typically 0.3 to 3 mm in thickness. Films and sheets can be used alone or in combination with other sheet, fabric or structural units through lamination, coextrusion or coating.
• Important properties include tensile strength, elongation, stiffness, tear strength and resistance; optical properties including haze, transparency; chemical resistance such as water absorption and transmission of a variety of permeant materials including water vapor and other permeants; electrical properties such as dielectric constant; and permanence properties including shrinkage, cracking, weatherability, etc.
• Polymer materials can be formed into a film using a variety of processes including blown polymer extrusion, linear biaxially oriented film extrusion (a process referred in the film industry as tentering) and by casting from molten polymer resin, monomer or polymer (aqueous or organic solvent) dispersion. These methods are well known manufacturing procedures.
• melt index has been selected by the polymer industry as a measure of molecular weight— melt index is inversely proportional to molecular weight, density and crystallinity).
• Films may be transparent, white, opaque, metalized, coated, extrusion coated, coextruded. Films may consist of one or more layers. Films may contain coating before or after, may an optional primer coating. Films may contain one or more moisture resistant or moisture barrier coatings. Films may be metalized by vacuum deposition of aluminum. Barrier coated films of the present invention may be metalized by vacuum deposition of aluminum.
• a barrier coating composition of the invention may also be applied to a cast article, or an article made my injection molding or blow molding (such as bottles and other closures), thermoforming (e.g. , trays), or stamping (e.g. , trays).
• molten polymer resin or monomer dispersion are typically produced from polyethylene or polypropylene. Occasionally, nylon, polyester and PVC are cast.
• dispersions are polymerized to an optimum crystallinity and molecular weight before coating.
• the coating composition of the invention may also be applied to bottles and trays, which are commonly made with PET, polypropylene and polystyrene.
• a film can be used as a film closure on a rigid plastic container.
• Such containers can have a rectangular, circular, square, or other shaped cross-section, a flat bottom and an open top.
• the invention may be used in the formation of blister pack packaging, clam shell type enclosures, tubs, trays, lidding and similar articles of containment. Examples of use include, but are not limited to, bottles, trays, caps, corks, gloves, and condoms.
• a barrier coating composition can be coated on a film to produce a coated film which is then thermoformed or stamped to produce an article.
• Such articles include, but are not limited to, cups and trays such as shallow cups and trays useful in packaging food.
• two or more polymer materials are joined in a coextrusion process to produce tailored film or sheet products adapted to a particular end use.
• One or more polymer types in two or more layers of melt are melted in separate extruders and joined together in a single coextrusion die layering single extrudates together in a single film to have a finished film with versatile properties derived from the individual layers.
• Layers of the different polymers or resins can be combined by parallel extrusion of the different polymers.
• the film can be processed conventionally and may be oriented after cooling. Films can contain a variety of additives such as antioxidants, heat stabilizers, UV stabilizers, slip agents, fillers, and anti-block agents.
• the barrier coating composition of the invention may also be applied to an article of paper, fabric, fiber, or other material of manufacture.
• a barrier coating may be applied to a variety of packaging formats to package a variety of items.
• items may be packaged entirely in a pouch or bag of paper, fabric or other material of manufacture that is coated with a barrier coating of the invention.
• Paper products include any article of manufacture, at least a portion of which comprises paper coated in accordance with the invention.
• the coated paper product may be made totally of paper or partially of paper.
• the invention encompasses paper products made of either single or multiple layers, e.g. , a paper laminate or plastic/paper laminate.
• plastic coatings are commonly extruded onto paper; clays are usually slurries that are applied to paper with a knife coater (blade on top of paper with a certain gap and pressure).
• the coating may be applied on one or both sides.
• Paper products that are designed to receive food would typically be arranged such that the coatings are not in contact with food. In this instance, a sealant layer is placed between the food and the coating layer.
• Other paper products to be treated with the composition of the invention or made with paper treated in accordance with the invention include laundry soap boxes, fabric dryer sheet containers, and industrial wraps.
• Food containers that may also be treated with a composition of the invention include any wrapper, bag, box, cup, or other paper product capable of covering, holding, or containing a food product, whether hot or cold, wet or dry, such as hamburger wrappers, candy wrappers, pizza and cereal boxes, condiments, soup mixes, coffee, spices and bags for potato chips, peanuts and pet food, among others.
• the invention is especially advantageously applied to protect a product from contamination from permeant sources outside a packaging material.
• Food items are protected from contamination by aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, ink, and packaging residue, exhaust from transportation equivalent and other internal combustion engines, etc.
• the invention can advantageously be applied to prevent the escape of certain perfumes from the package (especially expensive perfumes) commonly used in a variety of consumer products such as scented paper products, bar soap, scented bath products, cleaners, fabric softeners, detergents, dry bleaches and disinfectants.
• the invention can also be applied to packaging of seasonings, spices, coffee, and the like.
• Food items are the most common material requiring protection from outside contamination. Further, a variety of materials must be packaged in barrier materials preventing the odor of the material from exiting the package, resulting in the substantial loss of important fragrance notes from packaged materials reducing product value. Further, food odors may readily be transmitted by a variety of packaging materials, attracting insect and rodent pests.
• Important odors requiring substantial barriers include odors derived from coffee, ready to eat cereal, frozen pizza, cocoa or other chocolate products, dry mix gravies and soups, snack foods (such as potato or corn chips, pretzels, crackers, and popcorn), baked foods, butter or butter-flavor notes, meat products, in particular butter or butter-flavor notes used in the manufacture of microwave popcorn in microwaveable paper containers, fruits and nuts, and so on.
• Dry pet food (such as dog and cat food, etc.) can also benefit from the invention as it is often important to prevent obnoxious odor from escaping into the environment - in the store and at home.
• a particular gas within an article of manufacture such as helium within a balloon, or an inert atmosphere such as nitrogen or argon within a package (including thermo-pane windows).
• Materials that are readily oxidized, such as reactive chemicals may be packaged in a container in which ambient atmosphere has been replaced with an inert atmosphere, and the invention serves to exclude oxygen and to preserve the contents of the package (including the inert atmosphere).
• the barrier coating compositions of the invention may be applied to a film or other article of manufacture using any number of application methods, including Meyer rod; reverse rotogravure, and direct rotogravure methods; flexographic printing, slot die, and spraying methods; microgravure methods; roll-coating methods such as two-roll bead coat method, bottom-feeding three-roll reverse coat method and the like; knife or blade coating methods; die coat methods; dip coat methods; bar coating methods; and combinations thereof, as well as other art-recognized techniques.
• the coating method preferably comprises coating a solution of the barrier coating composition onto the surface of the substrate followed by the drying of the solution. Further heating during lamination or extrusion coating promotes additional curing of the coating.
• the coating layer thickness may be varied depending upon the kind of substrate and the desired barrier properties, and, in some embodiments, it is preferably about 10 ⁇ or less, more preferably about 1 ⁇ or less, when dry. There is no lower limit, however, and, in some embodiments, the thickness is preferably 10 nm or more— 50 nm, 100 nm, 200 nm, 500 nm, or more, in order to obtain effective gas barrier properties in certain embodiments. In some embodiments, the coating is performed on a continuous application line at a speed of at least 10 meters per minute (30 feet per minute), preferably at least 300 meters per minute (900 feet per minute), or more for better economic efficiency.
• the barrier coating composition may contain various additives such as ultraviolet absorbers/blockers, coloring agents, antioxidants, anti-microbials, flame retardants and the like.
• these additives have average particle sizes in the nanometer range or smaller (e.g. colloidal antimony flame retardant; colloidal silver; nano-sized titanium dioxide and zinc oxide UV barrier).
• Any suitable UV absorbing material can be used. These materials include the oxides of titanium, zirconium, cerium and tin-doped iridium oxides (such as, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, cerium dioxide, indium tin oxide), and the like.
• the invention includes articles of manufacture wherein either the coating or films are subsequently laminated with an additional sealant film or extrusion coated with sealant polymers.
• the sealant may be applied by any means known in the art.
• the sealant may be one layer or it may be multiple layers.
• the sealant is preferably selected from the group consisting of polyethylene (including linear low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, etc.), polypropylene, and ethylene- vinyl acetate copolymer (EV acetate), poly(lactic acid) (“PLA”), polyhydroxyalkanoate (“PHA”) or blends thereof.
• the coated film may contain a moisture resistant barrier or moisture resistant coating.
• Any suitable barrier or coating material can be utilized.
• One suitable coating is an acrylic based coating.
• use of such a barrier or coating can protect the coating layer of the invention from humidity and extend the life of the oxygen barrier. This may be particularly valuable when the structural film has relatively poor moisture barrier (PET and PLA, for example).
• PET and PLA moisture barrier
• the barrier or layer can be applied to protect the coated layer from moisture that is found outside of a package utilizing a barrier coating of the invention or to protect the coated layer from moisture from moist or wet contents of the package.
• the moisture resistant barrier can be place such that is it is on the "outside" and/or "inside" of the coating layer.
• the moisture resistant barrier or coating has a structure that is a monoweb of sealable resin that can function as both the base (structural) and sealant web in one film.
• Materials that are commercially in use today include BOPP, PE and PLA - all available with a sealable face. With these films, a coating of the instant invention can be used on the outside of the package, and is therefore readily exposed to high humidity environmental conditions. Under high humidity, not only can the oxygen barrier of coating degrade, the base carrier resin of the coating (polyvinyl alcohol) can sometimes become tacky. The moisture resistant coating can maintain the integrity of the oxygen barrier and the structural integrity of the coating as well.
• arrangement of layers include (from the outside of the package to the inside of the package), include but are not limited to:
• Vermiculite is preferred over other clays because of its planar nature and high aspect ratio.
• vermiculite that has been modified into a form with a high percentage of singular platelets is preferred.
• These vermiculite platelets preferably are 10 to 5,000 angstroms thick and have a surface dimension (length and/or width) of 10 to 50 microns and aspect ratios greater than 5,000.
• High aspect ratios of vermiculite single platelet length/width to thickness allow numerous platelets to be held in place parallel or nearly parallel to the plane of the coating and for numerous platelets to be closely layered within thin layers of coating, while having sufficient breadth to form a tortuous path to traversing molecules, such as of oxygen. This layered, planar alignment of vermiculite platelets, dispersed within the polymeric coating solution will be maintained during the coating application process and the coating drying process.
• Vermiculite platelets are produced through a process of separation or exfoliation. Vermiculite exfoliation to highly singular platelets is known in the art and can be accomplished by mechanical, thermal or chemical means as disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,325,340; 4,885,330; 5,102,464; and 5,326,500. Chemically dispersed vermiculite products are available from Specialty Vermiculite Corporation (formally Grace) as Microlite Vermiculite and Microlite Dispersions. Microlite Dispersions are an aqueous dispersion of chemically exfoliated vermiculite. One preferred embodiment of the invention uses Microlite 963 vermiculite.
• the coatings of the invention contain 1 to 65 weight percent vermiculite and the viscosity of the dispersions vary by no more than 20% when subjected to processing conditions on a gravure coater or flexographic printer (conditions), as measured with a standard #2 Zhan cup or Brookfield viscometer.
• Suitable polymers used in the compositions include those capable of forming films. Films can be formed by rolling out or laying out the polymer (or solution or suspension of polymer) on a surface and allowing it to form the film. Such films can be formed with or without the application of heat. The films can be formed with or without the presence of a solvent for the polymer.
• the polymers used to make the coatings e.g. PVOH, etc.
• the polymers of the invention can be delivered to the coating composition either neat or in solution.
• the solution is an aqueous solution.
• a non-aqueous solvent may be used.
• Non-aqueous solvents include alcohols (such as methanol, ethanol and isopropanol), dimethylsulfoxide, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and hydrocarbons.
• the polymers can be delivered in the form of an emulsion in some embodiments.
• Urethane polymer is one such example.
• Another example of a useful emulsion that is based on polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC).
• PVDC polyvinylidene chloride
• many of the rubbers noted throughout the application can also be delivered in the form of emulsions - e.g. butyl, nitrile, SBR, epichlorohydrin, chloroprene, acrylic rubbers, and the like.
• the range of solids is from low percentages (commonly several percent) to more commonly high percentages of as high as 55-60 weight percent.
• PVDC is at 55-60 weight percent and urethane is at 30+ weight percent. In each of these cases, the solutions may be diluted (down to 5-10 weight percent, in some cases) to permit optimal handling and application of the coating.
• Any polymer that forms a film of desired properties can be used with the invention.
• Some preferred polymers include polyhydroxylic polymer, urethanes, and rubbers.
• Suitable polyhydroxylic polymers include polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and ethylene- vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) and blends thereof.
• PVOH polyvinyl alcohol
• EVOH ethylene- vinyl alcohol copolymer
• One preferred PVOH is a higher hydrolyzed PVOH which is more crystalline in nature than lower hydrolyzed PVOH. Higher hydrolyzed PVOH is more crystalline and hence has better integrity (defined as better resistance to gas transmission) at higher levels of relative humidity.
• PVOH is typically produced by hydrolyzing poly(vinyl acetate). In this reaction, acetate groups of poly( vinyl acetate) are replaced with alcohol groups through a hydrolysis reaction. The more acetate groups that are replaced, the greater the hydrolysis of the PVOH resin. For example, in a 95% hydrolyzed PVOH resin approximately 5% of the acetate groups remain unchanged. Similarly, in a 99% hydrolyzed PVOH resin, approximately 1 % of the acetate groups remain unchanged. In the instant invention, PVOH of various degrees of hydrolysis can be used. In some cases, the degree of hydrolysis is greater than or equal to 90%, 95%, or 99%.
• Any natural or synthetic rubber that gives desired properties can be used. Suitable rubbers include polychloroprene, butyl rubber, acrylic rubber, and nitrile rubber. Other synthetic rubbers include those derived from isoprene, butadiene, SBR (styrene/butadiene rubber), isobutene/isoprene, and EPDM (ethylene/propylene/butadiene).
• Urethane polymers are well known to those skilled in the art. Suitable urethane polymers include those amenable to forming aqueous dispersions.
• Urethane-containing polymers include polyurethanes made by techniques known in the art.
• a polyisocyanate compound aromatic and aliphatic
• the isocyanate is a diisocyanate.
• tri-functional or higher isocyanates can be utilized alone or in mixtures with diisocyanates.
• aliphatic isocyanates are preferred.
• Suitable compounds with reactive terminal hydrogens include polyols such as poly(ethylene glycol), poly(propylene glycol), or polyester polyol. These compounds can be reacted with the isocyanate compound either in the presence or absence of catalysts.
• the urethanes can have polar sites attached thereto to promote water compatibility.
• sites include, carboxylic acid, ether, sulfonic, sulfonium, sulfhydryl, and ammonium groups. See, for example, PCT Patent Application No. WO98/03860.
• the polymer can be formed in situ.
• a urethane for example, can be made by reacting a polyisocyanate with suitable compounds to form urethane linkages. Such compositions might be useful in various end uses such as adhesives (a two component adhesive, for example).
• Polyester polymers are well known to those skilled in the art. Suitable polyester polymers include those amenable to forming aqueous dispersions. Polyester- containing polymers include polyester polymers made by techniques known in the art. In some embodiments, the polyesters can have polar sites attached thereto to promote water compatibility. Such sites include, carboxylic acid, ether, sulfonic, sulfonium, and sulfhydryl groups.
• the polymers can be cross-linked. Any suitable cross-linking agent that provides desirable properties can be used. Examples of cross-linking agents include ethanedial (Glyoxal 40L from Clariant Corporation, for example), cyclic urea glyoxal condensate (SunRez 700, for example). In some embodiments, the amount of cross-linker is 0.1 to 50 percent based on weight of the polymer capable of forming a film. See U.S. Patent Nos. 5,496,649 and 6,444,750.
• the coating composition comprises an aqueous dispersion.
• the weight percent of solids is 0.5-10%. In other embodiments, the weight percent of solids is 3-8% or 4-6%.
• SWIRL TEST - DEFINITION The test methodology described herein will be referred to as the "swirl test", or simply “the test".
• the apparatus needed for the test is a 10 ounce plastic cup with tapered walls.
• the cup measures approximately 2 inches in diameter at the bottom, 3 inches in diameter at the top, and approximately 4 inches in height.
• Liquid coating is placed into the cup and swirled vigorously for 10 minutes, with fingertips placed at the top of the cup.
• the speed of rotation is 120 revolutions per minute.
• the amount of liquid placed in the cup measures between 50 and 75 grams.
• PVOH polyvinyl alcohol
• Concentration was checked using a hand-held refractometer and adjusted to account for the water evaporated during the solubilizing step.
• the evaporated water was replaced with de-ionized water so that the refractometer reading was 7.5 BRIX (based on a known relationship of BRIX reading to concentration, a reading of 7.5 BRIX corresponds to 6.5 percent solids concentration of PVOH in water).
• a solution was prepared in a 10-ounce plastic cup. Into the cup was placed 26.1 grams of de-ionized water. An additional 2.9 grams of isopropyl alcohol was added and the contents were mixed. Next, 30.9 grams of the 6.5% PVOH (described above) was added and mixed well. An additional gram of Glyoxal 40L was added (Glyoxal 40 L is the product designation used by Clariant for ethanedial). Finally, 3.3 grams of Microlite 963 was added to the cup and the mixture was stirred for 5 seconds (Microlite is the trademark of W.R. Grace & Co. - Conn., and Microlite 963 is a 7.5 percent by weight suspension of vermiculite in water). A swirl pattern of particulates was observed, indicating the aligning of platelets in the plane of the motion of liquid. A sheen or shiny reflection appeared as a result of the platelets reflecting light from above.
• a solution was prepared in a 10-ounce plastic cup. Into the cup was placed
• a solution was prepared as follows. Into a one-liter bottle was placed 261 grams of de-ionized water. An additional 29 grams of isopropyl alcohol was added and the contents were mixed. Next, 309 grams of the 6.5% PVOH (described above) was added and mixed well. An additional 10 grams of Glyoxal 40L was added.
• the lower limit of efficacy is described as the concentration at which the swirl pattern is maintained for at least 10 minutes.
• that lower limit of concentration is 0.004 gram used in combination with 1.1 grams of Micro lite 963.
• This level of addition represents a ratio of Li + ion to vermiculite platelets (dry) of 0.0036, given the Li + ion concentration in Lithium citrate is 7.3835% and the concentration of vermiculite platelets in Microlite 963 is 7.5%.
• the weight ratio of lithium cation to vermiculite platelets (dry basis) is at least 0.0036.
• n-butyl amine the lower limit of concentration is 0.001 gram used in combination with 1.1 grams of Microlite 963. This level of addition represents a ratio of n- butyl amine to vermiculite platelets (dry) of 0.012. In some embodiments, the weight ratio of n-butyl amine to vermiculite platelets (dry basis) is at least 0.012.
• the lower limit of concentration is 0.005 gram used in combination with 1.1 grams of Microlite 963. This level of addition represents a ratio of morpholine to vermiculite platelets (dry) of 0.061. In some embodiments, the weight ratio of morpholine to vermiculite platelets (dry basis) is at least 0.061.
• the rate ratio of the chemical stabilizing agent to vermiculite platelets is at least 0.0036, 0.012, or 0.0061.
• a solution was prepared in a 10-ounce plastic cup. Into the cup was placed 35 grams of de-ionized water. An additional 2.9 grams of isopropyl alcohol was added and the contents were mixed. Three-tenths of one gram (0.3 gram) of lithium citrate was added to the contents and mixed until it was dissolved. Next, 6.5 grams of Hydro-Rez 1300D Sulfo-Polyester Polymer Dispersion (30% solids) was added and mixed well (Hydro- Rez is the product of Hexion Specialty Chemicals). Finally, 3.3 grams of Microlite 963 was added to the cup and was mixed for 5 seconds.
• the ratio of dry vermiculite in Microlite 963 to resin solids was 12.5%, the same as the ratio of the prepared solution in Example 1. And the total percent solids was also at the same level as in Example 1.
• a swirl pattern of particulates was observed, indicating the aligning of platelets in the plane of the motion of liquid. A sheen appeared on the surface of the liquid, as a result of the surfaces of the platelets reflecting light from above.
• a solution was prepared in a 10-ounce plastic cup. Into the cup was placed 35 grams of de-ionized water. An additional 2.9 grams of isopropyl alcohol was added and the contents were mixed. Next, 6.5 grams of Hydro-Rez 1300D Sulfo-Polyester Polymer Dispersion was added and mixed well. Finally, 3.3 grams of Microlite 963 was added to the cup and was mixed for 5 seconds. A swirl pattern of particulates was observed, indicating the aligning of platelets in the plane of the motion of liquid. A sheen appeared on the surface of the liquid, as a result of the platelets reflecting light from above.
• FPSV Fine Particle Size Vermiculite
• a third solution was prepared according to Example 4, utilizing lithium citrate and Microlite 963.
• FPSV-a and FPSV-b solutions were set at rest for 2 hours. A filter cake was seen on the bottoms of the cups containing these solutions, and a liquid remained above each filter cake. The liquids were not clear, indicating the presence of unsettled vermiculite particles remaining in the liquids. The amounts of filter cakes seen in each case was different: more filter cake was seen in FPSV-b (no Lithium Citrate added) than in FPSV-a (the solution that contained Lithium Citrate).
• Percent solids was measured for each of FPSV-a and FPSV-b. Small metal, disposable cups were weighed; solutions were add to the cups and weighed again. The cups with the solutions were placed in an oven at 350°F, and the liquids were evaporated. The cups with dried vermiculite were weighed again. The percent solids for each was calculated. The decanted solution from FPSV-a contained 3.125% solids, while the decanted solution from FPSV-b contained 0.955% solids, indicating that the addition of lithium citrate to FPSV-a had further exfoliated the vermiculite platelets in this solution of FPS V.
• Films were prepared from the two solutions containing FPSV-a and FPSV-b. These films were drawn onto 48 gauge PET films using a #15 Meyer Rod. Once drawn, the films were dried using a blow dryer. In addition, a film was drawn in similar fashion using the coating prepared in Example 2, which contained Microlite 963. The films were compared for clarity and were further evaluated for Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR). The films drawn using solutions based on FPSV-a and Microlite had similar levels of clarity, while the film drawn from the solution based on FPSV-b was cloudy. The OTRs of the three films were similar at 0.02 cc/100 in 2 -day-atm.
• the contents of the prepared solution were placed into a coating pan used on a PSi SC1000, 64-inch wide direct rotogravure press.
• This coating was then applied to a 48-gauge PET flexible film at a thickness of 0.25 microns dry. During this application process, the coating in the pan had a sheen, as described in the definition of the swirl test above.
• the coating was removed from the coating pan into the 55 -gallon drum used to prepare the solution. Vigorous mechanical agitation was applied to the mixture for 121 ⁇ 2 minutes. After mixing, the solution had thickened. The solution did not have a sheen; rather, it appeared to have the consistency of applesauce. The viscosity of this solution was 27.5 seconds, using a #2 Zhan cup.
• OTRs oxygen transmission rates
• the contents of the prepared solution were placed into a coating pan used on a PSi SC1000, 64-inch wide direct gravure press.
• This coating was then applied to a 48-gauge PET flexible film at a thickness of 0.25 microns dry. During this application process, the coating in the pan had a sheen, as described in the definition of the swirl test above.
• the coating was removed from the coating pan into the original 55 -gallon drum used to prepare the coating solution. Vigorous mechanical agitation was applied to the mixture for 101 ⁇ 2 minutes. After mixing, the solution appeared unchanged, and the solution continued to maintain its original swirling pattern and sheen. The viscosity of this solution was 25.6 seconds, using a #2 Zhan cup.
• a 48 gauge PET film was coated with an acrylic based moisture resistant coating. The coating was applied with a #3 Meyer Rod to a dried coating thickness of approximately 1 micron.
• a primer of MICA A131X was applied on top of the moisture resistant coating with a #3 Meyer Rod to a dried coating thickness of 0.05 micron.
• NanoSeal oxygen barrier coating was prepared according to Example 3 of the subject application. This coating was applied on top of the primer coating, using a #15 Meyer Rod to a dried coating thickness of 1.8 microns.
• a similar coated film was prepared without the inclusion of the acrylic based moisture resistant coating.
• Oxygen transmission rates (OTRs) were measured using a Model 8001 permeation testing machine from Illinois Instruments. The films were placed onto the machine with the PET film facing the oxygen-emitting side and the NanoSeal oxygen barrier coating facing the nitrogen-emitting side. The results are listed for various conditions in Table 5.
• AET CHZ BOPP, one side sealable, one side flame treated film at 122 gauge was coated on the flame treated side with MICA A131X on a PSi SCIOOO, 64-inch wide direct gravure press to a coating thickness of 0.02 gram per square meter.
• NanoSeal oxygen barrier coating prepared according to Example 3 was applied on top of the primer to a coating thickness of approximately 0.32 gram per square meter, and on top of the NanoSeal coating was applied an acrylic based moisture resistant coating to a thickness of approximately 0.45 gram per square meter.
• a similar film was prepared with the inclusion of the acrylic based moisture resistant coating.
• Oxygen transmission rates (OTRs) were measured using a Model 8001 permeation testing machine from Illinois Instruments. The films were placed onto the machine with the acrylic based moisture resistant coating side or NanoSeal side facing the oxygen-emitting side and the BOPP sealable side facing the nitrogen-emitting side. The results are listed for various conditions in Table 6.
• a batch of 9.565 percent concentration of PVOH was prepared by dissolving
• Celvol® 107 (Celvol is a trademark of Celanese Corporation) in 900 pounds of de-ionized water at 190 to 205°F. Methylparaben was added to the mixture at 0.1 percent of the weight of Celvol, or 0.1 pound to prevent formation of microbes. The solution was heated for 45 minutes before all the PVOH and methylparaben were dissolved. The solution was subsequently cooled and filtered through a 80-mesh screen to remove solid impurities.
• Concentration was checked using a hand-held refractometer and adjusted to account for the water evaporated during the solubilizing step.
• a coating masterbatch was prepared by mixing 6437 grams of the 9.565 percent PVOH solution with 9603 grams of de-ionized water. To this mixture was added 239 grams of a wax containing morpholine. The mixture was gently stirred for 20 seconds. To this mixture was further added 797 grams of Glyoxal 40 from Clariant Corporation (Glyoxal 40 L is the product designation used by Clariant for ethanedial). This mixture was gently stirred for 20 seconds.
• This masterbatch was placed into a 5 -gallon container and transported to a production facility together with a separate container containing 1 gallon of Microlite® 963 (Microlite is the trademark of W.R. Grace & Co. - Conn., and Microlite 963 is a 7.5 percent by weight suspension of vermiculite in water).
• the 5 -gallon container of the masterbatch and 1992.5 grams of clay platelets were mixed together and placed into a reservoir next to a Dri- Tec waterbased coater laminater, with a machine width of 57 inches.
• Coating in the reservoir was pumped using a diaphragm pump to a pan in which a 140 line analox cylinder was partially submerged into the coating.
• a doctor blade applied to the cylinder maintained the correct amount of coating on the cylinder for transfer to a 37-inch wide 48 gauge PET film treated with a corona treater to 50+ dyne-cm.
• the coating was applied to the PET film at a machine speed of 450 feet per minute.
• a smoothing bar rotating opposite to the direction of the film was used to improve the uniformity of the coating on the film.
• a 25 -foot dryer operating at 240°F was used to dry the coating.
• the resulting coating weight was measured at 0.0034 grams per 100 cm 2 , or a thickness of 0.27 micron, using a calculated density of the dried coating at 1.2 g/cc.
• the coated PET film was then laminated to a 1.6 mil cast polypropylene (CPP) sealant film using a Nordmechanica Super Simplex solventless laminator.
• the adhesive used was Tycel 7668/7276, a two-part solventless urethane from Liofol. (Liofol is a division of Henkel Corporation.)
• the finished laminated barrier film was subsequently formed into bags 6 inches by 6 inches using an impulse sealer.
• a barrier coating formulation was manufactured as follows. Into a 55-gallon plastic drum was placed 49.3 kilograms of de- ionized water. Additionally, the following components and weights were added to the de-ionized water with vigorous mechanical agitation following the addition of each component: 47.9 grams of DeeFo PI40 anti- foaming agent; 8.6 kilograms of isopropyl alcohol; and 450 grams of lithium hydroxide monohydrate stabilizing agent. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour until the lithium hydroxide
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