Bacterial cellulose as a biodegradable food packaging material: A review

P Cazón, M Vázquez - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
The relevant presence of food packaging in our society is due to its role in food preservation
and minimizing food waste along the distribution chain. However, the high consumption of …

Recent developments in nanocellulose-based biodegradable polymers, thermoplastic polymers, and porous nanocomposites

H Kargarzadeh, J Huang, N Lin, I Ahmad… - Progress in Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose has generated a great deal of interest as a source of nanometer-sized
reinforcement, because of its good mechanical properties. In the last few years …

Nanocellulose in thin films, coatings, and plies for packaging applications: A review

MA Hubbe, A Ferrer, P Tyagi, Y Yin, C Salas, L Pal… - …, 2017 - research.aalto.fi
This review article was prompted by a remarkable growth in the number of scientific
publications dealing with the use of nanocellulose (especially nanofibrillated cellulose …

[HTML][HTML] On the use of nanocellulose as reinforcement in polymer matrix composites

KY Lee, Y Aitomäki, LA Berglund, K Oksman… - … Science and Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose is often being regarded as the next generation renewable reinforcement for
the production of high performance biocomposites. This feature article reviews the various …

Nanocellulose bio-based composites for food packaging

FAGS Silva, F Dourado, M Gama, F Poças - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The food industry is increasingly demanding advanced and eco-friendly sustainable
packaging materials with improved physical, mechanical and barrier properties. The …

From monomers to polymers from renewable resources: Recent advances

A Gandini, TM Lacerda - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Considering the state of affairs related to polymers and their applications, the plastic-
dependence of the modern society is evident and becomes now needless to mention …

More than meets the eye in bacterial cellulose: biosynthesis, bioprocessing, and applications in advanced fiber composites

KY Lee, G Buldum, A Mantalaris… - Macromolecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are one of the stiffest organic materials produced by
nature. It consists of pure cellulose without the impurities that are commonly found in plant …

[HTML][HTML] Biobased ternary films of thermoplastic starch, bacterial nanocellulose and gallic acid for active food packaging

T Almeida, A Karamysheva, BFA Valente, JM Silva… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of active packaging technologies and biopolymeric materials are among the
emerging trends for implementation of sustainability in the food packaging industry. Thus …

The irruption of polymers from renewable resources on the scene of macromolecular science and technology

A Gandini - Green Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The last few decades have witnessed a spiralling growth of interest in polymers from
renewable resources within both the scientific and industrial communities. This review …

Novel flexible, strong, thermal-stable, and high-barrier switchgrass-based lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils/chitosan biocomposites for food packaging

K Xu, Q Li, L **e, Z Shi, G Su, D Harper, Z Tang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan/lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils (CS/LCNF) biocomposites were prepared by
a facile and green method that combined hydrothermal pretreatment, mechanical fibrillation …