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Nanomaterials for Food Packaging
Materials, Processing Technologies, and Safety Issues
Explores how nanotechnology is being used in food packaging, covering materials used, processing techniques and current applications
Miguel Angelo Parente Ribei Cerqueira (Edited by), Jose Maria Lagaron (Edited by), Lorenzo Miguel Pastrana Castro (Edited by), Antonio Augusto Martins de Oliveira Soares Vicente (Edited by)
9780323512718, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 12 May 2018
346 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.45 kg
Nanotechnology for Food Packaging: Materials, Processing Technologies, and Safety Issues showcases the latest research in the use of nanotechnology in food packaging, providing an in-depth and interdisciplinary overview of the field. Nanoscale advances in materials science, processing technology and analytical techniques have led to the introduction of new, cheaper and safer packaging techniques. Simultaneously, the increasing use of renewable nanomaterials has made food packaging more sustainable. Chapters provide a comprehensive review on materials used, their structure–function relationship, and new processing technologies for the application and production of nanotechnology-based packaging materials. In addition, the book discusses the use of functional materials for the development of active, smart and intelligent packaging, possible migration and toxicity of nanomaterials for foods and regulatory aspects, and commercial applications.
1. Nanotechnology in food packaging: opportunities and challenges
2. Inorganic-based nanostructures and their use in food packaging (clays, silica, Ag)
3. Cellulose-based nanostructures and their use in food packaging (nanocrystal, nanowhiskers, nanofibers)
4. Bio-based nanocomposites (starch nanocrystal, chitosan nanoparticles, proteins, polysaccharides, PHB, PLA)
5. Structure–property relationships in polymer nanocomposites for food packaging
6. Production and processing of nanocomposites (melting extrusion, film-bowing, new challenges)
7. Nanostructured multilayer films (Layer-by-layer, electrospinning)
8. Active and smart packaging (antimicrobial nanocomposites, loaded nanostructures, scavenging, examples)
9. Intelligent packaging (sensors, detection of molecules, examples)
10. Potential migration of nanocomposites for foods (used testes, examples, challenges)
11. Safety and regulatory issues (health, environmental aspects)
12. Commercial applications (products in the market, patents)
Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Nanotechnology [TBN]
