Novel Trends and Emerging Technologies in Green Coatings and Packaging Materials
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Coatings for Food Technology and System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 4327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coating; encapsulation; film; polymers; bioactive compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: nanomaterials; nanoencapsulation; microencapsulation; biodegradable packaging materials; edible; seaweeds; dairy products; bioactive compounds; antimicrobial actvity; antioxidant properties
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Novel and emerging technologies in food packaging are a trending area of research to boost food quality and safety in recent years. Packaging that is both environmentally friendly and edible is becoming more popular. To reduce waste and keep food fresh, edible packaging uses biodegradable materials that are applied as a consumable coating or wrapping around the food. Various recent studies have examined the value of edible components as an additional benefit to packaged foods. Nanotechnology is increasingly looking like a potential area to use bioactives, antimicrobials, vitamins, and antioxidants to produce edible packaging more useful, so it can be promoted as a component of edible and green coatings and films such as nanofibers, nanocapsules, nanoparticles, and nanoemulsions.
An active packaging system plays an important part in packaged foods by engaging with the food, such as releasing antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds and attempting to remove harmful gases such as oxygen and water vapor, preventing as a result the reduction in food quality and shelf life. Additionally, the nutritional profile of packaged foods can also be preserved through the use of active packaging.
Smart/Intelligent packaging should be able to sense or measure the characteristics of products, the inside condition of a package, or the transportation environment. Microelectronics, computers, and nanotechnology are all examples of advanced packaging systems that utilize such terminology. Intelligent packaging systems are described in three main aspects: barcode systems designed mainly for storage, delivery, and traceability; the use of indicators in the food supply chain that deliver qualitative data on quantities collected in real time; and sensors for the measurement of analytes for the evaluation of food quality and package integrity.
Novel technological advances in food packaging will provide an active role in future applications to preserve foods.
Original articles or reviews including, but not limited to, the following topics are welcome:
- Active and smart/intelligent packaging;
- Biodegradable coatings and materials;
- Edible films;
- Antimicrobial coatings and films;
- Different coating technologies and materials;
- Novel and emerging technologies for food preservations;
- Nanotechnology research for packaging materials.
Dr. Monica Trif
Dr. Gülden Göksen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- packaging
- electrospinning technology
- nanoparticles and nanomaterials
- active and smart/intelligent packaging
- coatings
- antimicrobial
- food safety and quality
- shelf life
- bioactive compounds and essential oils
