Four types of modified starch were selleceted as the third component for the emulsification of laccase and urushiol analogue in the development of an enzyme-reaction-type paint as a model of urushi.
Laccase produced from a cultured medium of Pycnoporus Coccineus and synthesized 4 - {9' (Z), 12' (Z) -octadecadienyl} catechol were emulsified with the modified starch, and the obtained emulsions were dried at 20°C and 80% RH for 24h. We measured the drying time, dynamic viscoelasticity, gloss, and transmittance color of these films.
Main results were as follows : (1) The emulsification by these modified starches was adequate ; (2) Phosphate and carbamoyl radicals of modified starch influenced the initial hardening, and the drying time was shorted with increasing these radicals ; (3) These films showed ideal dynamic viscoelasticity like a ordinary urushi films and had higher gloss and more yellowish color than that.
From the results presented above, we were able to develop an enzyme-reaction-type paint without natural urushi.
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