
Nanostructured Materials for Food Packaging Applications
- 1st Edition - January 12, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Jissy Jacob, Ilaria Cacciotti, Sabu Thomas
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 5 2 5 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 5 2 6 - 9
Nanostructured Materials for Food Packaging Applications brings together the latest advances in the preparation of nanostructured materials with the required properties and perfo… Read more
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Nanostructured Materials for Food Packaging Applications brings together the latest advances in the preparation of nanostructured materials with the required properties and performance for food packaging applications. The book begins by summarizing the state-of-the-art, opportunities, challenges and solutions in terms of materials for packaging, while also introducing the polymers and fillers in use, their general characteristics and modifications. This is followed by detailed coverage of characterization techniques, fabrication methods and the possibilities for fully green nanoscale materials. The subsequent chapters focus on specific nanomaterials and nanocomposites for food packaging, covering a broad range of materials, methods, and properties.
The final chapters highlight functionalized nanomaterials, intelligent and smart packaging systems, kinetic studies, modelling and simulation, safety assessment, and lifecycle assessment of food packaging materials. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students across nanotechnology, polymer science, films, barriers, coatings, packaging, food science, chemistry, and materials science, as well as scientists, engineers, and R&D professionals.
- Covers a broad range of nanomaterials and nanocomposites for food packaging applications
- Guides the reader through characterization, fabrication methods, properties and analysis
- Considers intelligent and smart packaging systems, safety assessment and lifecycle assessment
2. Polymers and fillers used in the packaging industry
3. General characteristics of packaging materials and its modifications
4. Characterization techniques and fabrication methods used in the packaging industry
5. An outlook of fully green nano-scale food packaging
6. Polymer/nano cellulose composites for food packaging
7. Polymer/nano chitin and nano chitosan composites for food packaging
8. Polymer/nano starch composites for food packaging
9. Polymer/clay nanocomposites for food packaging
10. Polymer/graphene composites for food packaging
11. Polymer/CNT composites for food packaging
12. Polymer/nano ZnO composites for food packaging
13. Polymer/copper and copper oxide composites for food packaging
14. Polymer/silver composites for food packaging
15. Polymer/hybrid nanofiller composites for food packaging
16. Polymer/organic nanoparticle composites for food packaging
17. Electrospun nanofibers for food packaging
18. Multilayered films for food packaging
19. Studies on nanostructured functionalized materials for active and intelligent food packaging
20. Kinetic studies of nanostructured food packaging materials
21. Theory, modelling, and simulation of nanostructured packaging systems
22. Nanomaterial migration into food matrix
23. Safety assessment of nanostructured packaging materials
24. Intelligent and smart packaging systems for food applications
25. LCA of nanomaterials for packaging applications
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 12, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Jissy Jacob
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Ilaria Cacciotti
Prof. Ilaria Cacciotti is a Full Professor of materials science and technology at the Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy. She is an expert on synthesis, processing, and characterization of biocompatible nanostructured materials, particularly for applications in the biomedical, environmental, and agri-food sectors, including bioceramics, biopolymers, and composites. Prof. Cacciotti is the Coordinator of the Research and Projects Committee, as well as a member of the Italian Interuniversity Consortium on Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Associazione Italiana d'Ingegneria dei Materiali (AIMAT), Società Italiana dei Biomateriali (SIB), Center for Regenerative Medicine (CIMER), International Association of Advanced Materials, and Italian Digital Biomanufacturing Network (IDBN). She is a reviewer for more than 100 peer-review journals, a member of the editorial board on several international journals, and serves on various grant review committees. She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed research papers, more than 10 book chapters, more than 190 conference proceedings, and more than 30 monographic volumes. She is inventor of 8 patents and has delivered several invited, keynote, and plenary lectures at national and international conferences and meetings. Her significant research endeavors have earned her multiple awards and recognition in her field.
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Sabu Thomas
Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas’s research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas’s research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.