A comprehensive review on plant‐based natural fiber reinforced polymer composites: fabrication, properties, and applications

UV Akhil, N Radhika, B Saleh… - Polymer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Natural fiber‐reinforced polymer composites (NFPCs) have gained limelight in many
applications during the recent years, owing to their availability, as well as superior …

[HTML][HTML] Biobased materials for food packaging

J Wang, M Euring, K Ostendorf, K Zhang - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Consumers prefer foods that are healthier with high quality and safety. Food packaging are
demanded to effectively extend the shelf-life, preserve the nutrients and decrease the …

Development and advantages of biodegradable PHA polymers based on electrospun PHBV fibers for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

Ł Kaniuk, U Stachewicz - ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biodegradable polymeric biomaterials offer a significant advantage in disposable or fast-
consuming products in medical applications. Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) …

Progresses in food packaging, food quality, and safety—controlled-release antioxidant and/or antimicrobial packaging

C Vasile, M Baican - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Food packaging is designed to protect foods, to provide required information about the food,
and to make food handling convenient for distribution to consumers. Packaging has a crucial …

Synergic antimicrobial properties of Carvacrol essential oil and montmorillonite in biodegradable starch films

AG de Souza, NMA Dos Santos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the synergic effect of carvacrol essential oil (EO) and montmorillonite
(MMT)(named hybrid compound), incorporated in thermoplastic starch (TPS) films in …

Antioxidant and antimicrobial applications of biopolymers: A review

S Sivakanthan, S Rajendran, A Gamage… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biopolymers have generated mounting interest among researchers and industrialists over
the recent past. Rising consciousness on the use of eco-friendly materials as green …

Recent development of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)-based materials for antibacterial applications: a review

S Ladhari, NN Vu, C Boisvert, A Saidi… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The diseases caused by microorganisms are innumerable existing on this planet.
Nevertheless, increasing antimicrobial resistance has become an urgent global challenge …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative solutions and challenges to increase the use of Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) in food packaging and disposables

D Garcia-Garcia, L Quiles-Carrillo, R Balart… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) has gain in recent years a huge interest in the food
packaging field due to its renewable origin from waste as well as non-food crops, high …

Bio-based polymers with antimicrobial properties towards sustainable development

A Muñoz-Bonilla, C Echeverria, Á Sonseca, MP Arrieta… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
This article concisely reviews the most recent contributions to the development of
sustainable bio-based polymers with antimicrobial properties. This is because some of the …

Biofunctionalization of natural fiber-reinforced biocomposites for biomedical applications

TD Tavares, JC Antunes, F Ferreira, HP Felgueiras - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last ten years, environmental consciousness has increased worldwide, leading to the
development of eco-friendly materials to replace synthetic ones. Natural fibers are extracted …