Lightweight and sustainable materials for food packaging applications

Sabarish Radoor, Jyothi Mannekote Shivanna, Sangamesh Baswaraj, Chandrama Roy Chowdhury, Aswathy Jayakumar, Jasila Karayil, Jun Tae Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Suchart Siengchin

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Abstract

Fabrication of food packing material is an interesting area of research and has received great attention in industrial sectors. Both synthetic and natural polymers have been employed to engineer effective food packing materials. However, recently, due to the nonbiodegradability and toxic nature of packaging materials, there is an increase in replacement of nondegradable petroleum-based materials with biomaterial to develop active food packaging materials. Biomaterials are abundant, low-cost, nontoxic, eco-friendly, and biodegradable in nature. In this chapter, recent trends in biobased materials for active packaging, thermomechanical, optical, rheological morphological, and antibacterial properties of the biomaterials are discussed. The role of nanomaterials in improving the properties of nanocomposite is also described in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLightweight and Sustainable Composite Materials
Subtitle of host publicationPreparation, Properties and Applications
PublisherElsevier
Pages219-240
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9780323951890
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2023

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Keywords

  • Food packaging
  • antibacterial
  • biodegradability
  • biopolymers
  • mechanical properties

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