Recent advances in polymers and polymer composites for food packaging

M Zhang, GM Biesold, W Choi, J Yu, Y Deng… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing world population, evolving urbanization, and globalization have created more
demand for food, which has increased challenges in food safety. Development and …

Nanotechnology: Current applications and future scope in food

M Sahoo, S Vishwakarma, C Panigrahi… - Food Frontiers, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology is the new frontier in the transformation of conventional agriculture and
food sector into an emerging form for development of food industry. Innovations in nanofood …

Carbon dot biopolymer-based flexible functional films for antioxidant and food monitoring applications

P Das, S Ganguly, SR Ahmed… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heteroatom-doped carbon dot (CD)-reinforced flexible, antioxidant, and UV-resistant
polymeric thin films have been fabricated by a facile physical compounding strategy …

Plant extract mediated silver nanoparticles and their applications as antimicrobials and in sustainable food packaging: A state-of-the-art review

S Kumar, IB Basumatary, HPK Sudhani… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Nanotechnology is an emerging, novel area of applications in antimicrobial and
eco-friendly food packaging that have tremendous potential benefits. Silver nanoparticles …

Agar-based edible films for food packaging applications-A review

FS Mostafavi, D Zaeim - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Starch-PVA composite films with zinc-oxide nanoparticles and phytochemicals as intelligent pH sensing wraps for food packaging application

A Jayakumar, KV Heera, TS Sumi, M Joseph… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing acceptance of ready to eat food generates demand on development of active
and intelligent food packaging material. Even though many polymers have been used for the …

Biopolymers-based materials containing silver nanoparticles as active packaging for food applications–a review

K Kraśniewska, S Galus, M Gniewosz - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Packaging is an integral part of food products, allowing the preservation of their quality. It
plays an important role, protecting the packed product from external conditions, maintaining …

Nanotechnology: an untapped resource for food packaging

C Sharma, R Dhiman, N Rokana… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Food commodities are packaged and hygienically transported to protect and preserve them
from any un-acceptable alteration in quality, before reaching the end-consumer. Food …

[HTML][HTML] Biopolymers: A suitable replacement for plastics in product packaging

K Babaremu, OP Oladijo, E Akinlabi - Advanced Industrial and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics are the most utilized materials for product packaging in most manufacturing
industries, from electronics to food and fashion accessories. However, numerous challenges …

Bionanocomposite films of agar incorporated with ZnO nanoparticles as an active packaging material for shelf life extension of green grape

S Kumar, JC Boro, D Ray, A Mukherjee, J Dutta - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) were synthesized by green protocol using Mimusops
elengi fruit extract as a novel natural resource. The synthesized particles were polyhedral …