@article {Vassilev:2016::24,
title = "Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Sucrose and Fructooligosaccharides Esters as Bio-Plasticizers",
journal = "",
parent_itemid = "",
publishercode ="",
year = "2016",
volume = "4",
number = "1",
publication date ="2016-02-13T00:00:00",
pages = "24-30",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/scrivener/jrm/2016/00000004/00000001/art00005",
doi = "doi:10.7569/JRM.2015.634125",
keyword = "“GREEN” PLASTICIZER, FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES ESTERS, ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, SUCROSE ESTERS, TRANSESTERIFICATION",
author = "Vassilev, Dragomir and Petkova, Nadezhda and Koleva, Milena and Denev, Panteley",
abstract = "This article presents the results obtained by the ultrasound-assisted synthesis of sucrose and fructooligosaccharides (FOS) esters with fatty acids (palmitic and 10-undecylenic), the identification of the products and the study of their possible application as plasticizers in plastics
processing. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H and 13C NMR) spectroscopy were used to identify the synthesized carbohydrate esters. The plasticizing effect of the sucrose palmitate applied in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was
evaluated by the glass transition temperatures; the decrease of the Tg
with the increase of the ester content could be accepted as confirmation of the esters' plasticizing effect. The antimicrobial activity of the synthesized sucrose and FOS esters was evaluated; the
results allowed us to conclude that the 10-undecynoyl esters of sucrose and fructooligosaccharides could be successfully applied as potential antimicrobial agents, as well. The sucrose palmitate plasticizing effect was evaluated by determining the glass transition temperatures of thin polyvinyl
chloride films on the basis of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and changes of mechanical properties. The results showed a decrease of the glass transition temperature with the increase of the ester content, which confirmed the plasticizing effect of the obtained esters.",
}