The past decade has witnessed a phenomenal rise in nanotechnology research due to its
broad range of applications in diverse fields including food safety, transportation …

Developing environmentally friendly and sustainable packaging materials is a major
challenge in food packaging. Advances in the design of biopolymer composites for …

Microbial colonization on material surfaces is ubiquitous. Biofilms derived from surface‐
colonized microbes pose serious problems to the society from both an economical …

Gelatin/agar-based smart and functional freshness indicator films were fabricated using blue
anthocyanin and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO). The anthocyanin was extracted from …

Chitosan (Ch) and zinc oxide nanoparticles loaded gallic-acid films,(Ch-ZnO@ gal) have
been prepared aiming for their exploitation as environmentally benign food packaging …

Gelatin-based functional films were prepared by the addition of grapefruit seed extract (GSE,
5 wt% based on gelatin) and various amounts of TiO 2 (0.5, 1.0, 3.0, and 5.0 wt% based on …

Chitosan is mainly derived from seafood by-products and the thereof chitosan nanoparticles
(CNPs) are known as nontoxic, biocompatible, biodegradable and functionalized …

The ultimate goal of new food packaging technologies, in addition to maintaining the quality
and safety of food for the consumer, is to consider environmental concerns and reduce its …

Agar is a biopolymer extracted from certain red algae. The continuous and transparent film
made from agar gum is becoming a common and renewable alternative for plastic-based …

At present, renewable and biodegradable biocomposites materials have drawn much
attention as promising green materials in different domains of application such as intelligent …