Active and intelligent additive, polymer and article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9700054-B2
Application number	US-201113822553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	Sep 13, 2010
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to active and intelligent additives having hybrid characteristics, that are compatible with polymers, are thermally and mechanically stable, are capable of releasing electrons and/or photons in the presence of chemical compounds, specifically amino compounds, amide compounds, oxygen reducing compounds, water or vapors thereof. The active and intelligent additives incorporate themselves into polymer matrices allowing the obtainment of active and intelligent polymeric articles. These active and intelligent polymeric articles may act as inhibitors of growth of microorganisms and fungi, as well as indicators of the presence of gasses, either in the atmosphere or caused by the decomposition of foodstuffs, for example.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A polyolefin package material comprising an active and intelligent additive incorporated within an innermost layer of polyolefin package materials and formed of a sensitive compound encapsulated in an inorganic matrix with hybrid characteristics, said inorganic matrix with hybrid characteristics formed by a silicon alkoxide or a titanium alkoxide, wherein said sensitive compound releases electrons and/or photons as an antimicrobial agent in the presence of a reactive chemical compound by means of a reaction of corrosion of the encapsulated sensitive compound, said reactive chemical compound comprising any compound present in a medium that activates said sensitive compound, wherein said sensitive compound is selected from the group consisting of copper (I), sulfur, ascorbic acid and citric acid, and wherein
said silicon alkoxide is selected from the group consisting of tetraethyl orthosilicate, ethyl triethoxysilane, methyl triethoxysilane, phenyl triethoxysilane, methyl trimethoxysilane, n-octyl ethoxysilane, n-butyl ethoxysilane and vinyl trimethoxysilane, and
said titanium alkoxide is selected from the group consisting of tetraethoxy titanium, ethyltriethoxy titanium, methyltriethoxy titanium, phenyltriethoxy titanium, n-octylethoxy titanium and n-butylethoxy titanium, and wherein the package materials with the additive have antimicrobial activity.

2. The polyolefin package material as recited in claim 1 , wherein said reactive chemical compound is selected from the group consisting of amino compounds, amide compounds, oxygen-reducing compounds and/or vapors thereof.

3. The polyolefin package material as recited in claim 1 , wherein said polyolefin is a polyethylene.

4. The polyolefin package material as recited in claim 1 , wherein said polyolefin is a polypropylene.

5. The polyolefin package material as recited in claim 1 , wherein said additive acts as an indicator of gas presence caused by decomposition of foodstuffs.

Assignees

• Moncada Edwin
• Don Santos João Henrique Zimnoch
• Capeletti Larissa Brentano
• Braskem Sa
• Univ Fed Do Rio Grande Do Sul

Inventors

• Moncada Edwin
• Don Santos João Henrique Zimnoch
• Capeletti Larissa Brentano

Classifications

• C08K3/10 Primary

  Metal compounds · CPC title

• A01N37/36

  containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08K3/30

  Sulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds · CPC title

• C08K5/54

  Silicon-containing compounds {(C08K5/0091 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C08K3/015

  Biocides (macromolecular substances as carriers for biocide material A01N25/10) · CPC title