Advanced Technologies in Developing Antibacterial and Smart Polymer Materials in Food Packaging
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 282
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photocatalysis; drug delivery by nanocarriers; photocatalyst-based water treatment; antimicrobial activity assessment of natural products; bioremediation; essential oil chemistry; nanomaterial synthesis; polymer degradation; food microbial activity byproducts by SPME
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food spoilage in foods is dramatically reduced as a result of packaging-based postharvest technologies. The development of antimicrobial and smart packaging materials is continually in progress. Some food pathogens participate much in human diseases due to improperly designed packaging materials. Antimicrobial packaging and smart membranes have recently received increased attention for ensuring enhanced food safety. Antimicrobial packaging materials can be considered an advanced emerging technology that improves food safety and reduces pathogens. Smart membranes have also received attention in parallel with food safety and improved food quality. Smart membranes can indicate the formation of undesired gases within a food container.
In addition, reducing the migration of packaging components is considered of great importance as some of these components are considered carcinogenic. This Special Issue is planned to bring together a number of original research papers and reviews covering (but not restricted to) the following topics:
- Advanced antimicrobial packages;
- Migration of packaging components;
- Recent development in smart food membranes/packaging;
- Nanomaterial as new antimicrobial composite membranes.
Dr. Jamal Al-Sabahi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer
- nanocomposite
- biodegradation
- food packaging/food contact
- smart packaging
- biopolymer
- antimicrobial
- migration
