The growing world population, evolving urbanization, and globalization have created more
demand for food, which has increased challenges in food safety. Development and …

Human mortality rates due to infectious diseases from drug-resistant bacterial strains is
becoming an epidemic in our society. Currently, the development of new, expensive and …

Since the last decade, there has been an increasing demand for the design of more
advanced functional materials. The integration of inorganic nanoparticles to polymer …

Nanoparticles and nanocomposites are used in a wide range of applications in various
fields, such as medicine, textiles, cosmetics, agriculture, optics, food packaging …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles were prepared by a sol-gel method and characterized by XRD,
SEM, TEM and EDX. A series of chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol (Cs/PVA) blend films doped …

As the field of biomedical engineering has become more precise and sophisticated, the
demand for highly-functionalized biomaterials has risen. In particular, novel …

The special mechanical properties of nanoparticles allow for novel applications in many
fields, eg, surface engineering, tribology and nanomanufacturing/nanofabrication. In this …

Background Most nanotechnology applications for food packaging involve the use of silver
nanoparticles or nanoclay. However, other nanomaterials can also be incorporated into …

Marine biofouling is a global problem today. High efficiency and eco-friendly antifouling
systems are in pressing need. In recent years, we have proposed the concept of dynamic …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an inorganic compound widely used in everyday applications. ZnO is
currently listed as a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) material by the Food and Drug …