Antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal electrospun nanofibers for food packaging applications

F Topuz, T Uyar - Food Research International, 2020 - Elsevier
Food packaging is a multidisciplinary area that encompasses food science and engineering,
microbiology, as well as chemistry, and ignited tremendous interest in maintaining the …

Electrospinning of PLA nanofibers: Recent advances and its potential application for food packaging

J Wu, T Hu, H Wang, M Zong, H Wu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Poly (lactic acid), also abbreviated as PLA, is a promising biopolymer for food packaging
owing to its environmental-friendly characteristic and desirable physical properties …

Cyclodextrin-based nanostructures

G Narayanan, J Shen, I Matai, A Sachdev, R Boy… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cyclodextrins (CDs) are a unique class of molecules that are naturally available via
degradation of starchy molecules. Their toroidal structure and abundant presence of …

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 …

Polymeric nanocomposites and nanocoatings for food packaging: A review

C Vasile - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Special properties of the polymeric nanomaterials (nanoscale size, large surface area to
mass ratio and high reactivity individualize them in food packaging materials. They can be …

Biopolymers for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications: Recent advances and overview of alginate electrospinning

J Wróblewska-Krepsztul, T Rydzkowski… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Innovative solutions using biopolymer-based materials made of several constituents seems
to be particularly attractive for packaging in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. In …

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 …

Chitosan composites in packaging industry—current trends and future challenges

VGL Souza, JRA Pires, C Rodrigues, IM Coelhoso… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitosan-based composites play an important role in food packaging applications and can
be used either as films or as edible coatings. Due to their high costs and lower performance …

Polylactic acid (PLA) membrane—significance, synthesis, and applications: a review

N More, M Avhad, S Utekar, A More - Polymer bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Polylactic acid is a polyester polymer, which is recyclable and renewable as well. Membrane
made of polylactic acid is acquiring attention nowadays due to its superior properties and …

Electrospun nanofibers as effective superhydrophobic surfaces: a brief review

A Raman, JS Jayan, BDS Deeraj, A Saritha… - Surfaces and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic surfaces have always engrossed the attention of researchers due to the
uniqueness in their surface architecture and the associated multifaceted applications. Many …