Biodegradable antimicrobial food packaging: Trends and perspectives

L Motelica, D Ficai, A Ficai, OC Oprea, DA Kaya… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review presents a perspective on the research trends and solutions from recent years in
the domain of antimicrobial packaging materials. The antibacterial, antifungal, and …

Current research on zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications

AK Mandal, S Katuwal, F Tettey, A Gupta, S Bhattarai… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) have piqued the curiosity of researchers all over the
world due to their extensive biological activity. They are less toxic and biodegradable with …

Chitosan based ZnO nanoparticles loaded gallic-acid films for active food packaging

S Yadav, GK Mehrotra, PK Dutta - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan (Ch) and zinc oxide nanoparticles loaded gallic-acid films,(Ch-ZnO@ gal) have
been prepared aiming for their exploitation as environmentally benign food packaging …

Nanoemulsions and their potential applications in food industry

JB Aswathanarayan, RR Vittal - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nanoemulsions have small droplet size and are kinetically stable colloidal systems. They
have enhanced functional properties in comparison to conventional emulsions. The …

ZnO-based nanostructured electrodes for electrochemical sensors and biosensors in biomedical applications

NP Shetti, SD Bukkitgar, KR Reddy, CV Reddy… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fascinating properties of ZnO nanostructures have created much interest due to their
importance in health care and environmental monitoring. Current worldwide production and …

ZnO nanostructures in active antibacterial food packaging: preparation methods, antimicrobial mechanisms, safety issues, future prospects, and challenges

I Kim, K Viswanathan, G Kasi… - Food Reviews …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Packaging of food products is one of the most important stages of the food supply chain.
Nano-size materials for packing food substances with appropriate properties result in better …

Engineered nanomaterials for antimicrobial applications: A review

EO Ogunsona, R Muthuraj, E Ojogbo, O Valerio… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Cellulose from sources to nanocellulose and an overview of synthesis and properties of nanocellulose/zinc oxide nanocomposite materials

A Farooq, MK Patoary, M Zhang, H Mussana… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, environmental and ecological concerns are increasing due to the usage of
petroleum-based products so the synthesis of ultra-fine chemicals and functional materials …

Metal oxide-based nanocomposites in food packaging: Applications, migration, and regulations

CV Garcia, GH Shin, JT Kim - Trends in food science & technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Most nanotechnology applications for food packaging involve the use of silver
nanoparticles or nanoclay. However, other nanomaterials can also be incorporated into …