Kunshin abinci mai taki daga sharar itace da kaguwa

Cellulose da chitin, biyun da aka fi sani da biopolymers a duniya, ana samun su a cikin tsire-tsire da harsashi crustacean (a tsakanin sauran wurare), bi da bi.Yanzu haka dai masana kimiyya a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Jojiya sun tsara wata hanyar da za ta hada su biyun don samar da kayan abinci masu takin kamar buhunan roba.

Farfesa J. Carson Meredith ya jagoranta, ƙungiyar binciken tana aiki ta hanyar dakatar da nanocrystals cellulose da aka samo daga itace da chitin nanofibers da aka samo daga harsashi na kagu a cikin ruwa, sannan a fesa maganin a kan na'urar da ke samuwa a cikin madaidaicin yadudduka.Ana samar da wannan kayan a kan abin da aka sake amfani da shi na polymer - kyakkyawar haɗuwa na nanocrystals cellulose da aka caje mara kyau da kuma ingantaccen cajin nanofibers na chitin.

Da zarar an bushe da kwasfa daga substrate, sakamakon m fim yana da babban sassauci, ƙarfi da takin mai magani.Abin da ya fi haka, yana iya fin fiɗaɗɗen filasta na gargajiya waɗanda ba ta da ƙarfi wajen kiyaye abinci daga lalacewa."Ma'auni na farko wanda aka kwatanta wannan kayan shine PET ko polyethylene terephthalate, wanda shine ɗayan mafi yawan kayan da ake amfani da man fetur da kuke gani a cikin marufi a cikin injunan tallace-tallace da makamantansu," in ji Meredith."Kayanmu yana nuna raguwar kashi 67 cikin 100 na iskar oxygen idan aka kwatanta da wasu nau'ikan PET, ma'ana yana iya kiyaye abinci tsawon lokaci."

Rage haɓakar haɓakawa shine saboda kasancewar nanocrystals."Yana da wahala ga kwayoyin gas ya shiga cikin wani m crystal domin ya rushe tsarin crystal," in ji Meredith."A daya bangaren kuma, abubuwa kamar PET suna da abubuwa da yawa na amorphous ko wadanda ba na crystalline ba, don haka akwai ƙarin hanyoyin don ƙananan ƙwayoyin iskar gas don samun sauƙi."

Daga qarshe, fina-finan da suka dogara da su ba wai kawai za su iya maye gurbin fina-finan robobi waɗanda a halin yanzu ba sa lalata lokacin da aka jefar da su, har ma da yin amfani da sharar itacen da ake samarwa a masana'antu da kaguwa da masana'antar cin abincin teku ke watsar.Har sai lokacin, duk da haka, dole ne a rage farashin samar da kayan a kan sikelin masana'antu.