Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications
The article presents a review of the literature on the use of polysaccharide bionanocomposites in the context of their potential use as food packaging materials. Composites of this type consist of at least two phases, of which the outer phase is a polysaccharide, and the inner phase (dispersed phase...
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| author | Kunal Pal Preetam Sarkar Arfat Anis Karolina Wiszumirska Maciej Jarzębski |
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| description | The article presents a review of the literature on the use of polysaccharide bionanocomposites in the context of their potential use as food packaging materials. Composites of this type consist of at least two phases, of which the outer phase is a polysaccharide, and the inner phase (dispersed phase) is an enhancing agent with a particle size of 1–100 nm in at least one dimension. The literature review was carried out using data from the Web of Science database using VosViewer, free software for scientometric analysis. Source analysis concluded that polysaccharides such as chitosan, cellulose, and starch are widely used in food packaging applications, as are reinforcing agents such as silver nanoparticles and cellulose nanostructures (e.g., cellulose nanocrystals and nanocellulose). The addition of reinforcing agents improves the thermal and mechanical stability of the polysaccharide films and nanocomposites. Here we highlighted the nanocomposites containing silver nanoparticles, which exhibited antimicrobial properties. Finally, it can be concluded that polysaccharide-based nanocomposites have sufficient properties to be tested as food packaging materials in a wide spectrum of applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb0f65c6557c420fa3c4500176709e4b2023-11-22T16:23:29ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442021-09-011419554910.3390/ma14195549Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging ApplicationsKunal Pal0Preetam Sarkar1Arfat Anis2Karolina Wiszumirska3Maciej Jarzębski4Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela 769008, IndiaDepartment of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela 769008, IndiaSABIC Polymer Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Industrial Products and Packaging Quality, Institute of Quality Science, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznań, PolandThe article presents a review of the literature on the use of polysaccharide bionanocomposites in the context of their potential use as food packaging materials. Composites of this type consist of at least two phases, of which the outer phase is a polysaccharide, and the inner phase (dispersed phase) is an enhancing agent with a particle size of 1–100 nm in at least one dimension. The literature review was carried out using data from the Web of Science database using VosViewer, free software for scientometric analysis. Source analysis concluded that polysaccharides such as chitosan, cellulose, and starch are widely used in food packaging applications, as are reinforcing agents such as silver nanoparticles and cellulose nanostructures (e.g., cellulose nanocrystals and nanocellulose). The addition of reinforcing agents improves the thermal and mechanical stability of the polysaccharide films and nanocomposites. Here we highlighted the nanocomposites containing silver nanoparticles, which exhibited antimicrobial properties. Finally, it can be concluded that polysaccharide-based nanocomposites have sufficient properties to be tested as food packaging materials in a wide spectrum of applications.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/19/5549starchchitosancellulosenanoparticlessilver nanoparticlesnanocomposites |
| spellingShingle | Kunal Pal Preetam Sarkar Arfat Anis Karolina Wiszumirska Maciej Jarzębski Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications Materials starch chitosan cellulose nanoparticles silver nanoparticles nanocomposites |
| title | Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_full | Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_fullStr | Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_short | Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_sort | polysaccharide based nanocomposites for food packaging applications |
| topic | starch chitosan cellulose nanoparticles silver nanoparticles nanocomposites |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/19/5549 |
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