Recent advances in edible coatings and their application in food packaging

PR Yaashikaa, R Kamalesh, PS Kumar… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The food packaging industries are facing the challenge of food waste generation. This can
be addressed through the use of edible coating materials. These coatings aid in extending …

Effective strategies to enhance ultraviolet barrier ability in biodegradable polymer-based films/coatings for fruit and vegetable packaging

Y Zhang, W Jiang - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The limitation of preservation technology causes great losses on fresh fruits and
vegetables (F&V) during postharvest. Ultraviolet (UV) as a secondary catalyst can trigger the …

Improved sustained-release properties of ginger essential oil in a Pickering emulsion system incorporated in sodium alginate film and delayed postharvest …

Y Zhang, Y Pu, H Jiang, L Chen, C Shen, W Zhang… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The insufficient water vapor barrier and mechanical capacity of sodium alginate (SA) film
limited its application in fruit preservation. Herein, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were used …

Argonaute-triggered visual and rebuilding-free foodborne pathogenic bacteria detection

Y Li, J Kou, X Han, J Qiao, W Zhang, S Man… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Foodborne pathogenic bacteria are recognized as the main causes of microbial
contamination in food safety. Early screening and ultrasensitive detection of foodborne …

A tailored slow-release film with synergistic antibacterial and antioxidant activities for ultra-persistent preservation of perishable products

L Zhang, W Wang, W He, T Du, S Wang, P Hu, B Pan… - Food chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapid decrease in antibacterial efficacy of existing active packages is difficult to promisingly
prevent microbial infection during the storage of perishable products. Here, we pioneered an …

Converting fruit peels into biodegradable, recyclable and antimicrobial eco-friendly bioplastics for perishable fruit preservation

S Zhang, X Cheng, W Yang, Q Fu, F Su, P Wu, Y Li… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of biodegradable antimicrobial bioplastics for food packaging holds great
promise for solving the pollution and safety problems caused by petrochemical plastics and …

Fibrous wearable and implantable bioelectronics

B Sadri, W Gao - Applied physics reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Fibrous wearable and implantable devices have emerged as a promising technology,
offering a range of new solutions for minimally invasive monitoring of human health …

A metabolic perspective of selection for fruit quality related to apple domestication and improvement

Q Lin, J Chen, X Liu, B Wang, Y Zhao, L Liao, AC Allan… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Apple is an economically important fruit crop. Changes in metabolism
accompanying human-guided evolution can be revealed using a multiomics approach. We …

Design of biodegradable, climate-specific packaging materials that sense food spoilage and extend shelf life

Y Han, S Wang, Y Cao, GP Singh, SI Loh… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The AgriFood systems in tropical climates are under strain due to a rapid increase in human
population and extreme environmental conditions that limit the efficacy of packaging …

Self-assembly technology engineering multi-functional slow-release packaging system with self-starting program for prolonged preservation of perishable products

L Zhang, W He, P Hu, W Wang, L Luo, B Li, B Pan… - Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
The inadequacies in the release kinetics of extant active packaging films and coatings
present formidable challenges in addressing issues pertaining to food waste and food …