Chitosan-Based Layer-by-Layer Assembly: Towards Application on Quality Maintenance of Lemon Fruits

Table 1

Thickness, water vapor permeability (WVP), puncture strength (PS), and elasticity of chitosan and chitosan-CMC LBL assembly.

	Thickness (μm)	WVP (g mm/kPa^−1 hm^−2)	PS (N/mm)	Elasticity (mm)
Chitosan	26.3 ± 7.2^b	47.36 ± 0.00^b	252 ± 35^a	3.17 ± 0.52^a
LBL assembly	43.5 ± 5.1^a	82.55 ± 4.64^a	314 ± 48^a	3.09 ± 0.25^a

Different letters indicated significant difference at .