This chapter reviews the current state of the art and the future perspectives concerning the design of polymer nanocomposite materials based on renewable sources, which show high barrier properties toward different diffusing species and hence are expected to be suitable for packaging applications: this peculiar use can be obviously strictly correlated to their structure, morphology and compatibility. More specifically, the potentialities of polymeric nanocomposites are thoroughly discussed, focusing on the structure/morphology peculiarities that promote the achievement of high barrier performances. Furthermore, some case studies referring to the exploitation of composite materials based on renewable sources specifically for food packaging applications are described in detail. Finally, some recent surface engineering approaches (like layer by layer treatments), which can be successfully exploited for improving the barrier properties of different packaging plastic films (also based on renewable sources), are discussed and exhaustively reported.

High barrier composite materials based on renewable sources for food packaging applications / Malucelli, Giulio - In: Nanotechnology in Food Industry (Volume I-X) / Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu. - STAMPA. - Amsterdam : Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, 2017. - ISBN 978-0-12-804302-8. - pp. 45-78 [10.1016/B978-0-12-804302-8.00002-9]

High barrier composite materials based on renewable sources for food packaging applications

MALUCELLI, Giulio
2017

Abstract

This chapter reviews the current state of the art and the future perspectives concerning the design of polymer nanocomposite materials based on renewable sources, which show high barrier properties toward different diffusing species and hence are expected to be suitable for packaging applications: this peculiar use can be obviously strictly correlated to their structure, morphology and compatibility. More specifically, the potentialities of polymeric nanocomposites are thoroughly discussed, focusing on the structure/morphology peculiarities that promote the achievement of high barrier performances. Furthermore, some case studies referring to the exploitation of composite materials based on renewable sources specifically for food packaging applications are described in detail. Finally, some recent surface engineering approaches (like layer by layer treatments), which can be successfully exploited for improving the barrier properties of different packaging plastic films (also based on renewable sources), are discussed and exhaustively reported.
2017
978-0-12-804302-8
Nanotechnology in Food Industry (Volume I-X)
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